Legal Counsel - Banking and Finance

3 Days Old

Job Description

A specialist financial services organisation is seeking a technically strong Banking & Finance lawyer to join its in-house Legal team in London.


This position sits within the core Legal function and requires a forward-thinking lawyer to support a broad range of complex matters across the organisation’s lending activities, including commercial real estate lending, consumer credit, SME and corporate lending, and savings products.


While the role is broad in scope, candidates with strong banking and finance documentation experience will be particularly well suited.


You will be:

  • Drafting and negotiating lending agreements
  • Supporting complex deal structuring
  • Reviewing detailed banking and finance documentation
  • Advising on structured finance and securitisation-related matters
  • Advising on financial services regulation and ensuring compliance across lending and savings products
  • Identifying and escalating legal and regulatory risk where appropriate
  • Partnering closely with product, originations, operations, and risk teams


The Ideal Candidate:

  • Qualified lawyer with between 3–8 years’ PQE
  • Strong experience in banking and finance law
  • Significant exposure to lending documentation
  • Ideally experience in a private practice banking team, and/or some in-house experience within a financial institution
  • A solid understanding of structured finance and securitisation documentation
  • Commercial, proactive, and forward-thinking
  • Genuinely interested in building a long-term in-house career
  • Comfortable working directly with senior stakeholders
  • Open to adopting technology and AI tools


To register an interest, please send through your updated CV to kwilliams@lawabsolute.com


Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.


At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually.


If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.

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Location:
City Of London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Legal

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