Accounting & Finance

Associate, GLGM (Structured Products)

Ashurst

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Job Title
Associate, GLGM (Structured Products)
Location
London
Description

About Ashurst Perkins Coie

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With
a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52
offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex
challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct
strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial
services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive
innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst
Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

  • Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global
    opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
  • Family & caring - 26 weeks paid parental leave
  • Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and discounted
    corporate health plans
  • Flexible work options

Team Overview

Our Structured Products Group (SPG) is a market leading practice. Our
clients are most of the top tier investment banks. The practice is
global, in the sense that we handle projects and offerings in EMEA,
Asia and US. There will be regular opportunities for secondments to
leading investment banks.

SPG is part of the broader Global Markets and Global Loans group -
which includes Derivatives, Dept Capital Markets, Securitisation,
Blockchain Capital Markets and Shari'ah products - there are
opportunities to work in these areas as well. Globalk Markets, in
turn, sits within the broader Finance division within Ashurst, which
includes the Financial Regulatory, Global Loans, Restructurings and
Funds groups.

The Opportunity

You would typically act on all elements of a structured products
offering or platform from instruction, through to closing and
post-closing. Depending on your level of experience, your specific
areas of responsibility will initially be to produce initial drafts of
agreements, draft and negotiate structured product documents and
ensure a smooth process to transaction close.

You would also be expected to manage projects that have been assigned
to you and liaise closely with colleagues, clients, counterparties and
other advisers. You would be expected to work with minimal supervision
and be confident to take the lead with client related matters. You
would be working as part of a committed and inspired friendly team
that enjoys its work and considers itself a leader in its field of
practice. All members of the team have frequent client contact.

Main Tasks:

  • Drafting of legal documents and agreements;
  • Review of legal documents and agreements
  • Contributing to department know-how;
  • Advising clients and giving client presentations;
  • Leading negotiations with counterparts;

This is a full-time, permanent position based in our London office
with hybrid working.

About You

  • Post qualification experience in international finance
    transactions of the types referred to above, preferably structured
    products (but debt capital markets and/or derivatives will suffice),
    with a reputable international law firm.
  • Good organisational skills and experience in transaction management.
  • Excellent academic track record.
  • Enthusiasm for intellectually challenging work.
  • Excellent client relationship skills and experience of business development.

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Reference: WJ-5641_140428

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