Finance Lawyer

Prolegis LLC; Singapore; Vor Ort; SGD 140.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Prolegis LLC, partnered with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, seeks a Finance lawyer in Singapore to lead cross-border financing matters within the Finance & Restructuring practice. You will advise lenders, sponsors, and investors, manage complex deals, and coordinate with a global network across Asia Pacific, Europe, and beyond.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years PQE, Singapore Bar admission, and outstanding drafting, transaction management, and client-facing skills.

Qualifikationen

• Admission to the Singapore Bar is required.
• 5–10 years’ PQE at a major international or top-tier regional firm.
• Strong banking and finance experience with cross-border exposure.
• Experience advising lenders, sponsors, private capital clients or investors.
• Excellent drafting with strong attention to detail.
• Proven transaction management and ability to lead matters.
• Strong communication and client liaison skills.
• Capable of handling competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, team-oriented across jurisdictions.
• Right to live and work in Singapore; curiosity about AI in legal practice.

Aufgaben

• Play a key role on cross-border transactions.
• Work with colleagues across the international network.
• Lead matters and supervise junior lawyers.
• Draft and negotiate complex financing documents.
• Liaise directly with clients.

Kenntnisse

Cross-border finance

Drafting skills

Transaction management

Client liaison

Team leadership

Communication skills

AI in practice

Cross-jurisdiction work

Ausbildung

Singapore Bar admission

Jobbeschreibung

Prolegis, along with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, is registered as a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore. The alliance creates a "one-stop shop" for clients to access the legal services of each firm – the Singapore law expertise of Prolegis LLC and the international skills of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer's global network in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa and the United States.

Our Finance practice in Asia offers our clients a full-service capability across a broad range of debt products, including general corporate lending, acquisition and leveraged finance, syndicated lending, private credit and project finance. We are involved in some of the most complex and high-value cross-border financings in the region, advising across a wide variety of sectors, including energy, mining, technology, infrastructure and renewables.

We regularly act for sponsors, banks, private capital providers and financial institutional investors, and work collaboratively with colleagues across other practice groups and offices within the firm to deliver successful, commercially focused outcomes for our clients.

We are seeking a Finance lawyer to join our Finance & Restructuring practice, based in Singapore. The successful candidate will be expected to play a key role on cross-border transactions and will work closely with colleagues across our international network, including offices in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Jakarta, and London.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• Admission to the Singapore Bar;
• 5-10 years’ post-qualification experience, gained in a leading international or top-tier regional law firm;
• Strong and well-rounded banking and finance experience, with exposure to complex cross-border transactions;
• Experience advising lenders, sponsors, private capital clients and/or financial institutional investors;
• Excellent drafting skills (with strong attention to detail) and proven transaction management skills, including the ability to lead matters and supervise junior lawyers;
• Strong communication skills, confidence in liaising directly with clients;
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities;
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach and the ability to work effectively across jurisdictions and practice groups;
• Have the legal right to live and work in Singapore; and
• Curiosity around application of innovation and AI in legal practice.

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.