Job Title: Legal Counsel / Lawyer
Location: London, UK - 3 days onsite in a week - Must have own laptop
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Job Description: Provides legal support and advice to Global Credit Finance business unit
- Client requires an experienced leveraged loans lawyer to cover a maternity leave.
- The role is to be the sole London based lawyer supporting client's Global Credit Finance business.
- Work will focus mainly on UK/ European business but will also entail global coverage supporting our US business.
- The role will be part of a small team supporting Global Credit Finance on a global basis. The other members of that team are based in Boston.
- The role will work very closely with the business team and will be hybrid (with a majority of time spent in the London offices of client - TBD but, for example, 3 or 4 days in the office; 1 or 2 days remote).
- The candidate should be experienced enough to be relatively self sufficient (the person being covered is an experienced VP).
- The candidate should be English law qualified.
- Experience of US law is a bonus but not required.
- The candidate should have a strong background in leveraged loans.
- Experience of fund finance and, to a lesser extent, CLOs would be beneficial but is not required.
- UK and EU regulatory experience is also expected (e.g. RRP, LIBOR) insofar as is required to support a credit finance business (i.e. the person need not be a regulatory expert but should expect to engage in regulatory analysis and implementation relating to the business supported).
- The role is a hands-on role working with the business, risk, compliance, other internal lawyers as well as - at times - external counsel.