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Join us as a Trade Finance Lawyer where you will be supporting the Trade & Working Capital business across the bank from an origination, execution, structuring and syndication perspective. Although the role is aimed at supporting the overall Trade & Working Capital business as a whole, it is more heavily focused on supporting the trade finance aspects of the business. In addition, the team is also involved with helping the business implement regulatory change as well as a number of key strategic projects.
Job Responsibility
Support the Trade & Working Capital business across the bank from an origination, execution, structuring and syndication perspective
Support the trade finance aspects of the business
Help the business implement regulatory change
Support key strategic projects
Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies related to the role’s relevant product set
Subject matter legal advice and support to the Bank's corporate and investment banking divisions globally on a wide range of transactions and projects across trade and working capital finance, cash management, real estate finance, project finance, asset backed finance, lending and other corporate loan finance
Subject matter legal advice and support to the Bank’s businesses and infrastructure functions
Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings
Creation and/or review of legal documents for the relevant product set
Maintaining and updating legal documentation related to the role’s related product set
Development and delivery of training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements
Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations
Requirements
Currently working in a law firm or an in-house department of a reputable bank focusing on finance transactional work
English law qualified Solicitor with thorough knowledge of general banking/finance law
Proven track record on a range of general banking work, structured transactions and experience in cross border transactions
Ability to tackle new technical areas of law without prior experience
Strong technical legal skills, including ability to draft and negotiate legal documentation to the highest standard
Ability to co-ordinate projects and transactions
Nice to have
Some specialist expertise of trade finance products, including bonds, guarantees and indemnities facilities, export credit agency backed financings, discounting of letters of credit and promissory notes and cross-border issues associated with such financings is strongly preferred
Experience gained working in-house for a financial institution would be advantageous
Ability to manage varied workload under pressure and deal with competing priorities
Strong commercial focus and ability to think laterally
Good communicator with strong personal impact and a strong team player