Trade Finance Lawyer

We are working with one of the largest financial services organisations across Asia, which has a strong and growing presence throughout Europe. This bank has harnessed a consistent and stable flow of business and continues to perform well - it is a great time to join them.

As a result of strong performance, the EMEA legal team is now looking for an experienced Trade Finance Lawyer to join their Corporate Lending Legal team, for an initial period of 12 months.

What will the role involve:

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• Drafting, reviewing and advising on a broad range of complex finance documentation (BAFT, LMA etc.) with a particular focus on trade finance documentation;
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• Supporting and advising on the structuring and execution of such bespoke and complex transactions in accordance with internal requirements and policies and external regulations;
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• Liaise and build relationships quickly with internal stakeholders, and the front office/trade bankers, and assist them with structuring credit deals;
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• Be a problem-solver, and offer solutions;
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• Establishing yourself as a ‘trusted adviser’ from early on.
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What skill-sets are we looking for?

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• You must be a trade finance specialist, and be able to hit the ground running in this area;
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• And within trade finance, you must be a generalist across trade spanning a variety of different areas of trade;
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• You must have global and cross-border experience;
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• Min. 4 years’ pqe to senior level – exact PQE is not important, as long as you are a trade finance expert, with plenty of breadth and depth to your experience;
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• Someone who is adept at, and sensitive to, working with different cultures.
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This is a 12-month contract, that may be extended or made permanent for the right candidate. The interview process will start in early Sept, with potential start date of late Sept/early Oct.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a lawyer who is looking to work in the trade finance space within an established, successful and stable bank that is very reputable in this area.

This team enjoys a flexible and generous hybrid working policy and a healthy work-life balance.

If this role is of interest, please connect with us quoting job ref. AYFS 10868:

Matt Bloxham [email protected] 07900 692209

Celene Yon [email protected] 07944 390723

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Due to a high volume of applications, we will only respond to those we deem suitable for the role.