Associate Director recruitment

Role description:

-          Structuring of all elements of private equity and debt financing transactions, focusing predominantly on private equity

-          Termsheets preparation and negotiation

-          Preparing materials and taking the project through internal approval processes such as credit committee and the Management Board (does not include economic analysis and modeling/commercial rationale)

-          Selection of legal and other advisors

-          Overlooking legal and other dd process

-          Negotiating transaction documents

-          Managing general transaction process

-          Transaction closing, including looking after conditions precedents and conditions subsequent

Preferred experience/Skills:

-          4-8 years of working as a lawyer (with a law firm acting as legal counsel) or as an investment professional (investment banker / private equity professional) on both private equity/MA and financing deals.

-          Understanding of risks and rewards matrix (both from commercial and legal, regulatory perspective) for a bank as principal in PE and financing deals as well as ways to mitigate risks through transaction structuring and documentation provisions

-          Experience of preparing private equity/MA and financing deals termsheets, understanding commonly used structures, accounting, regulatory and tax implications

-          Perfect understanding and wealth of experience negotiating SHA, SPA, disclosure letters, LMA loan documentations. A combination of corporate and finance lawyers skills is preferred

-          Ability to lead a deal in all project management and execution aspects (including selecting and working with professional advisors)

-          Experience of preparation for and presenting at project/investment/credit committees at a large organization

-          Prefer significant experience with negotiating (English Law) transaction documentation

-          Understanding of relevant Russian law provisions wrt private equity and financing deals is a plus

-          Native/Fluent English and Russian is a must