Capital Markets & Derivatives Lawyer

THE FIRM

A UK and international firm

THE ROLE

A fantastic opportunity within its leading Capital Markets and Derivatives (CMD) team, to work on a wide range of structured finance, derivatives, and capital markets transactions.

You will be acting for a client base of financial institutions, including leading investment banks, insurance companies, asset and investment managers, and institutional and corporate clients, including trustees and pension schemes.

The team is international in its approach, regularly working with clients and colleagues across Europe and globally.

The team is collegiate and collaborative and offers a wide range of challenging and stimulating work, including securitized derivatives and structured products, repackagings, OTC derivatives, repos, stock lending, strategic equity financings, and a range of debt capital markets transactions.

ABOUT YOU

You will be an ambitious and talented derivatives, structured finance, and/or debt capital markets lawyer looking to join a market-leading team based in London. Although experience in a range of products/areas covered by the team is a bonus, they will place particular value on your ability to learn and to apply existing skills to new product areas.

To be successful in this role, you will:

1. Be 2-5 PQE
2. Have experience drafting and negotiating a range of derivatives and structured finance documentation
3. Be able to build and maintain strong client relationships
4. Have excellent drafting skills and the ability to translate legal theory into practical advice

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.