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About the Role
Leading financial guarantee insurance company seeks a Counsel to provide legal advice and assistance on international structured finance and infrastructure finance transactions. This role involves identifying potential legal issues and risks, formulating solutions, and advising on amendments, waivers, and consents for existing transactions.
Responsibilities
- Support deal origination teams in structuring, negotiating, and documenting international structured finance and infrastructure transactions.
- Review documents and legal advice from third parties.
- Attend meetings and contribute to the identification, assessment, and mitigation of legal risk in guarantee designs.
- Collaborate with the credit team to identify and structure around credit-related and other issues.
- Review credit memorandums for new deals and participate in credit committees.
- Assist the surveillance team with ongoing monitoring of closed transactions, including amendments, waivers, and consents.
- Manage and ensure the effectiveness of external legal support.
- Liaise with AG Services Head of Legal Transaction Services for review of key legal conclusions.
- Provide legal advice to AGUK executive committees, senior managers, and Board committees.
- Address legal concerns and questions promptly and within a reasonable timeframe.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer in England and Wales.
- At least 8 years of experience in a leading financial services law firm.
- Strong experience with complex transactions, with a focus on infrastructure or structured finance.
- Sensitive to legal and commercial risks, including bankruptcy issues.
- Excellent academic qualifications.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Organized self-starter able to work independently but seek views of legal and credit colleagues when required.
- Ability to prioritize issues and manage outside counsel is critical.
- Ability to challenge commercial thinking and deliver effective solutions.
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills.
- Willingness to take on varied tasks.
Skills
- Legal advice
- Structured finance
- Infrastructure finance
- Risk assessment
- Transaction documentation
- Negotiation
- Presentation
- Communication
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Qualified lawyer in England and Wales
Benefits
- Applicable employee benefits
- Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus
- Long-term incentive awards
About the Company
- Leading financial guarantee insurance company.