Associate Counsel

Fortis Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortis Recruitment seeks an Associate Counsel for a Dublin-based legal team handling negotiations and documentation for aviation sales, leasing, and financing. The role requires advising on commercial objectives and coordinating cross-border deal teams in a dynamic, asset-heavy industry. Ireland, UK or US qualification with 5+ years’ experience is preferred to support a global aviation lessor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of international aviation leasing law experience.
• Strong commercial focus and decision-making.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Second language a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, manage and direct the sales, leasing and financing of aviation assets.
• Lead deal teams across sales, trading, technical and financing.
• Identify and resolve legal issues within commercial objectives.
• Negotiate and manage varied lease and asset documentation.
• Coordinate work with outside counsel across jurisdictions.

Skills

Aviation leasing

International law

Contract negotiation

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified in IE/US/UK

Job description

An aviation lessor with a large global footprint and a reputation for great company culture is seeking to hire a Associate Counsel to join their Dublin legal team in the city centre. The candidate be responsible for negotiating and managing documentation in support of the Company's sales, trading, technical and financing activities. This is a listed business with considerable assets.

They take great pride in their ability to develop and retain their employees. They have cultivated a culture where ideas are openly shared and challenged, connecting diverse expertise and perspectives to drive enduring value.

Primary Responsibilities

• Negotiating, managing and directing the sales, leasing and financing of aviation assets, from the review of initial letters of intent through the negotiation and execution of definitive transaction documentation;
• Managing deal teams in support of Company's sales, trading, technical and financing activities;
• Identifying and resolving legal issues in the context of the overall commercial objectives of the Company
• Negotiating and managing of a wide range of lease and asset management documentation
• Managing and coordinating of the work of outside counsel in diverse foreign jurisdictions

Requirements

• Qualified to practice law in Ireland, America or the UK
• 5 or more years of international legal experience in the aviation leasing industry.
• Highly commercial, our ideal candidate will have strong decision-making skills, and a willingness to learn about the contractual aspects of the aircraft leasing industry as a whole.
• The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines is crucial. The successful candidate will be measured on their ability to show conceptual thinking to understand complex issues and their implications and to create the most appropriate solution.
• Having a second language would be a plus but not a necessity