About the Role
Axiom is seeking Capital Markets Lawyers to advise clients across financial institutions, investment banks, and other organizations on a variety of capital markets matters.
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on debt, equity, and equity-linked transactions, securities offerings, financings, and listed-company matters.
- Draft, review, and negotiate capital markets documentation, including offering documents, prospectuses, underwriting agreements, purchase agreements, engagement letters, disclosure materials, and related transaction documents.
- Support transactions throughout their lifecycle, including structuring, due diligence, disclosure, documentation, execution, closing, and post-transaction requirements.
- Collaborate with legal teams, bankers, issuers, finance, compliance, business stakeholders, and external counsel to manage risk and deliver transactions efficiently.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practice in the UK, or an equivalent overseas qualification with relevant UK capital markets experience.
- Possess the right to work in the UK.
- Experience advising on debt capital markets, equity capital markets, equity-linked products, securities offerings, listed-company matters, or corporate finance.
- Experience gained in private practice, in-house, on secondment, or within an investment bank, financial institution, broker-dealer, issuer, or other relevant financial services environment.
- Strong commercial awareness, drafting, negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Ability to provide clear, pragmatic, and business-focused advice in a fast-paced transactional environment.
Skills
- Capital markets law
- Debt capital markets
- Equity capital markets
- Securities offerings
- Listed-company matters
- Corporate finance
- Commercial awareness
- Drafting
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Consultant
- Employee
Experience Level
- N/A
Education Level
- Qualified lawyer
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits package
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Pension
- Professional development resources
- Learning and development programs
About the Company
- Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent, enabling legal departments to drive efficiency and growth.
- Axiom covers North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC.
- Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement.
- Axiom is named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality.
- Axiom's legal department is Mansfield certified.
- Axiom is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
- Axiom Global Limited is a company registered in England and Wales.
Equal Opportunity
- Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
- Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process.
