Senior Legal Counsel, Global Banking (Leveraged & Acquisition Finance / Structured Finance )
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
You will be joining a dynamic, collaborative and solutions orientated team, working on high profile and complex transactions.
The candidate will work closely with various stakeholders in the UK and Europe as well as with Legal colleagues in the wider SCB network, where necessary.Key Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice to the UK and Europe LAF / Private Credit businesses and the wider GB businesses as well as related stakeholders;
- Advising on, drafting and negotiating legal documents for GB transactions including engaging with and advising relevant internal stakeholders;
- Managing external counsel on transactions including as to costs, quality and responsiveness of advice;
- Provide legal advice and training with respect to new GB products and initiatives for the UK / Europe;
- Keep up to date with relevant changes in law and regulation and assist on the implementation of regulatory reform;
- Identify, assess, manage, monitor, mitigate and report legal risks across GB in the UK / Europe;
- Support the GB business teams with immaterial disputes that may arise from time to time;
- Support the Legal teams in other regions of the SCB network where needed;
- Support and implement the vision, strategy and direction for the wider SCB Legal team;
- Support the priorities and agenda for GB businesses in the UK / Europe as well as their wider Group priorities and agenda;
- Assist the Head of Legal, CIB Lending for Europe in:
- representing Legal in the governance of GB related issues;
- ensuring the effective management of legal matters across the UK and Europe GB businesses.
- Provide legal advice to the UK and Europe LAF / Private Credit businesses and the wider GB businesses as well as related stakeholders;
- Advising on, drafting and negotiating legal documents for GB transactions including engaging with and advising relevant internal stakeholders;
- Managing external counsel on transactions including as to costs, quality and responsiveness of advice;
- Provide legal advice and training with respect to new GB products and initiatives for the UK / Europe;
- Keep up to date with relevant changes in law and regulation and assist on the implementation of regulatory reform;
- Identify, assess, manage, monitor, mitigate and report legal risks across GB in the UK / Europe;
- Support the GB business teams with immaterial disputes that may arise from time to time;
- Support the Legal teams in other regions of the SCB network where needed;
- Support and implement the vision, strategy and direction for the wider SCB Legal team;
- Support the priorities and agenda for GB businesses in the UK / Europe as well as their wider Group priorities and agenda;
- Assist the Head of Legal, CIB Lending for Europe in:
- representing Legal in the governance of GB related issues;
- ensuring the effective management of legal matters across the UK and Europe GB businesses.
- English law qualified;
- Minimum 5+ years PQE with experience working in a top tier law firm. Experience working in a financial institution also desirable;
- Proven experience advising, negotiating and / or drafting:
- Cross border bilateral and syndicated (LMA) loans - experience with Leveraged Finance lending transactions is particularly relevant; and
- Structured finance / private credit related facilities, in particular Loan on Loan / Back Leverage and securitisation structures;
- Experience of secondary loan trading and fronting structures preferred but not essential.
- Strong knowledge of regulations directly impacting the above products (for example UK / EU Securities Regulations, Capital Requirement Regulations);
- Commercial acumen and the ability to understand and evaluate business requirements in managing legal risk;
- Willingness to work in a team environment whilst also working autonomously and managing your workload efficiently;
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.