Legal Counsel - Banking & Finance (Structured Finance / DCM)

About the role

We’re partnering exclusively with a global structured finance and investment business operating across complex transactions, debt products and institutional investment structures.

As part of continued growth, the business is seeking a Group Legal Counsel to join the leadership team and support across transaction structuring, investor documentation, structured financial products and commercial agreements.

This is a role that sits close to deal execution and commercial decision-making, offering exposure to how sophisticated financial products and transactions are structured, documented and brought to market.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the structuring and execution of wholesale financial services transactions and investment products
• Drafting and refining Information Memorandums, offering materials and investor documentation
• Reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, transaction documentation and platform arrangements
• Supporting legal aspects of debt products, structured transactions and institutional investment structures
• Advising across governance, regulatory and commercial matters relevant to complex financial products
• Translating transaction structures and commercial terms into clear, legally robust documentation
• Working closely with leadership and stakeholders across legal, commercial and investment functions

About you

• 8+ years’ PQE with experience in Banking & Finance, Structured Finance, Securitisation or Debt Capital Markets (DCM)
• Background from a top-tier law firm or sophisticated in-house financial services environment
• Exposure to structured transactions, debt products, investor documentation or institutional financial products
• Strong technical capability combined with a commercial and pragmatic mindset
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, stakeholder-driven environment with close proximity to leadership

For a confidential discussion, please contact Aislyn Jennings, Practice Lead - Legal & Governance, at ***email_hidden***