Securitisation Lawyer Job at Barclays (London)

Securitisation Lawyer

Barclays

Location:
United Kingdom , London

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Join the Legal team to protect Barclays, its employees, and its brands while ensuring global competitiveness and compliance with legal standards. Your responsibilities will include risk mitigation, managing strategic transactions, and overseeing business contracts. As a Securitisation Lawyer, you will provide daily legal and regulatory support across new and existing securitisation workstreams in collaboration with Treasury Legal Colleagues. Your role involves leading efforts to establish new sources of secured funding, including standalone risk transfer trades, while delivering specialist technical advice to Treasury stakeholders. This includes supporting secured funding programmes and standalone trades across Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Barclays Bank Ireland PLC.

Job Responsibility:

Provide daily legal and regulatory support across new and existing securitisation workstreams
Lead efforts to establish new sources of secured funding, including standalone risk transfer trades
Deliver specialist technical advice to Treasury stakeholders
Support secured funding programmes and standalone trades across Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
Take a leading role as Legal Business Partner to Barclays Treasury
Assist on Treasury's standalone issuances, including new significant risk transfer/similar trades
Maintain Treasury's secured debt issuance programmes
Review and draft legal documentation for projects and transactions
Support on due diligence, representation and warranty reviews, disclosure and general securitisation transaction management
Ensure the bank’s corporate and corporate governance (including public disclosures)
Creation and periodic review of Legal documents
Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance
Provide legal advice and support on a wide range of legal issues
Represent the bank in legal proceedings
Create and review legal documents
Conduct legal research and analysis
Develop and deliver training programmes
Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations

Requirements:

UK qualified lawyer with good technical knowledge and experience of securitisation gained in private practice
Knowledge of significant risk transfer transactions and derivatives
Certainty in advising on key risk issues and mitigants and helping to make decisions
Execution-focused mind-set. Good attention to detail and transaction management skills
Knowledge of unsecured issuance

Nice to have:

Comfortable with and used to working to tight deadlines
Strong commercial focus with an aptitude for problem solving
Prioritises and manages workload effectively
Takes ownership and sees matters to completion
Is a team player, collegiate and supportive of colleagues

What we offer:

Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
Commitment to flexible working arrangements
Global mobility opportunities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 08, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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