Junior Negotiator

Join Fieldfisher as a Junior Negotiator!

About the Junior Negotiator Role

This is a specialised area of legal work where your mindset matters just as much as your technical skills.

You will be negotiating directly with counterparties working closely with clients and handling live documentation. That means we look for people who are:

• Curious and quick to learn
• Thoughtful and structured in their reasoning
• Calm under pressure and able to prioritise wisely
• Honest about what they know and what they dont know
• Motivated by delivering excellent service

Key Responsibilities:

• Agreement Negotiation:Using either counterparty paper or our clients agreement templates the junior negotiator will be required to draft negotiate obtain internal approvals and finally execute new arrangements with counterparties.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with the legal business credit risk and operations teams at the client to ensure that all negotiations are agreed and approved by the relevant people.
• Data Management:Ensuring that each negotiation is tracked and updated on our client portal so that the management information is up to date and reconciles against the clients internal systems.

Who Were Looking For

Essential

• A degree (or higher) in a highly analytical subject: law engineering maths science economics or similar
• A genuine interest in the financial services industry and how global markets work
• Strong communication skills written spoken and interpersonal
• Highly organised with real attention to detail
• Able to build trust quickly with clients and colleagues
• A proactive selfstarting approach
• Willingness to learn fast and ask questions
• Comfort with ambiguity and problemsolving

Desirable

(Not required but helpful if you have them)

• Experience drafting or negotiating contracts
• Post-graduate/Professional legal training (LPC/BPTC/IPLS)
• Legal qualification (UK/EU or equivalent)
• Exposure to financial services particularly sales/trading environments
• Understanding of current or upcoming regulatory challenges in financial markets

Who are we looking for

• We dont have a type. We believe our differences are our strength; varied cultures approaches and experience can only benefit us.

What do we offer

• You can be yourself: It takes everyone to make us who we are. Were a culture of diverse perspectives with each of us making unique contributions that make us better together.
• In the office or WFH: We think the best balance is more time in the office than at home so we operate a 60:40 rule.
• Beyond salary: We offer plenty of benefits; private medical insurance health cash plan dental insurance life assurance critical illness insurance matched pension contributions up to 7% holiday trading plus many more. Visit:Reward & Benefits Fieldfisher.
• Modern Office Space:Located at Adelaide Exchange Belfast City Centrewith excellent commuter links and parking nearby.
• Nurturing your talent:Take a build a career approach to your training. Youll be on a pathway but free to wander if you see something youd like to study more closely.
• Funnel your interests: You have a life outside work and we can help it to flourish. Join clubs affinity networks inclusive events and pro bono/charity initiatives.

Inclusion is not exclusive:

If all our differences are highlighted no one stands out for being different. At Fieldfisher all our rich diversity is celebrated.

We will provide the equipment to allow you to shine at interview and beyond. Just let us know what you need.

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What to do next:

• Click Apply Now complete an online application and upload a CV.
• Successful applications will be invited to a 2030-minute introductory call with a recruiter.
• Every role recruits differently. But well always let you know what to expect from the process so you get no surprises.
• For hybrid opportunities youll be invited to visit our offices for a face-to-face meeting.
• We try to make sure the process takes around 2-3 weeks only but we cant always promise that. We will work around everyones availability. You can contact us at.

We recruit on a rolling basis. Your application may be reviewed before the application deadline. We accept applications until we have filled the role.

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.