Senior Associate – Structured Finance

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What can you expect

Our Structured Finance team works closely with colleagues across Financial Regulation Funds Insurance and Reinsurance Banking and Derivatives collaborating across Fieldfishers European network and beyond to deliver integrated commercial financing solutions for a diverse client base. The team covers a wide range of transactions which includes private securitisations and other complex financing arrangements structured insurance and reinsurance transactions and asset servicing contracts.

We value lawyers who are intellectually curious collaborative and eager to explore opportunities across practice areas. While experience in structured finance would be helpful the team will consider outstanding candidates with other relevant experience looking to specialise in this area. We offer high quality work combined with a sensible approach to work-life balance.

The successful candidate will play a core role in the continued growth of the practice and for the right individual this represents a genuine and rare opportunity to make a real impact by contributing to the teams development.

Responsibilities

Playing a key role in the structuring negotiation and documentation of structured finance transactions
Leading transactions on a supervised basis as appropriate
Supervising and mentoring junior team members
Advising on transactions involving complex features extensive documentation and multiple jurisdictions
Working collaboratively with colleagues across related practice areas to deliver integrated solutions
Building strong client relationships through clear confident and effective communication

Experience and Knowledge

A strong technical understanding of structured finance
Qualification as a lawyer in England and Wales (5 PQE) or another common law jurisdiction
Experience advising on structured finance transactions including those with complex features and crossborder elements
An ability to think laterally and identify related legal and commercial issues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
A confident professional and proactive approach

The Firm

We are not a UK firm with offices in Europe. We are a European law firm at our core. While our HQ is London we are spreading across addition to UK China and Silicon Valley we have offices in Austria Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Poland and Spain.

With 1800 people across 28 offices across 14 countries you might expect an impersonal office culture but you will find a homely family feel even in the largest offices.

Quality on both sides
Across all our offices and jurisdictions are market-leading practices in corporate/M&A finance real estate energy and natural resources technology and life sciences.

We count as clients large corporations including major technology firms pharmaceutical and life sciences companies energy suppliers infrastructure companies global banks and financial institutions.

We aim to ensure equality of opportunity and are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. Applications will be considered on merit and the applicants suitability to meet the requirements of the role.

Benefits

Life assurance

Season ticket loans

Bike to work loans

Testimonial

It is great being in a firm which gets cross-office working to feel properly part of a national team and to work with colleagues in other specialisms who are unconstrained by geography.

I consider Fieldfisher to be a progressive firm with an understanding of social values. Im pleased that staff is able to have input in the firms direction and purpose as well as help to shape wider society. Im encouraged to perform by being able to develop in a natural way whilst being supported at every step.

Fieldfisher has managed to nurture a really positive and friendly culture. If they have drive and ambition I would encourage anybody looking for a role here to grab the opportunity.

Since joining Fieldfisher in 2016 I have progressed from an entry-level secretarial role to an experienced executive assistant. This was made possible by a supportive and inclusive working environment that allows staff to progress at a pace that is best suited to them which in turn makes for well-rounded home-grown talent.

The firm strikes a great balance between providing the foundations for success and autonomy of your own growth and development. An insight I would give to potential applicants is that Fieldfisher offers the opportunity for a career and a sense of belonging to a community and not just a job.

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Senior IC

What can you expectOur Structured Finance team works closely with colleagues across Financial Regulation Funds Insurance and Reinsurance Banking and Derivatives collaborating across Fieldfishers European network and beyond to deliver integrated commercial financing solutions for a diverse client bas...