Securitisation Lawyer – Associate recruitment

Responsibilities:

New Transaction Negotiation

Assist Business Development Managers to prepare proposals and to ensure that our client has proper licenses and authority to provide trustee services on transaction
Understand transaction structures and agreed business deal between transaction parties
Appoint legal counsel to advise our client on transaction
Review and negotiate all aspects of transaction documentation to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements pertaining to our client and that roles and documents comply with our client standards for transaction documents
Prepare Directors execution memo for transaction approval to enter into final transaction documents
Ensure delivery to our client of original execution transaction documents signed by our client together with full bible of documents pertaining to transaction
Review and negotiate all transaction documentation amendments and where necessary appoint appropriate legal counsel or other advisors to advise

Transaction Termination

Review and negotiate transaction termination documentation to ensure that proper steps have been followed to terminate appointments and extinguish trusts.
Execute termination documentation if required.

Defaulted Accounts Litigation

Monitor all litigation defaults and breaches in relation to transactions
Appoint legal counsel to advise on our client position with respect to these defaulted or litigation accounts
Provide reports of all litigation issues to the Board of Directors of the Company on a quarterly basis
Risk Compliance

Client Relationship Support

Maintain working knowledge of client accounts and governing documents, ensuring that routine problem solving activities and correction of processing errors are addressed correctly.
Prepare routing correspondence for client review and sign off
Ensure that client complaints are addressed promptly and that relationship management is kept appraised of all client matters and of any problems related to the administration of the account

Prerequisites:

Legal education background, ideally an LLb or equivalent.
Previous experience within structured debt or loan products.
Operations or middle office experience within treasury products in an institutional or investment banking background would be held in high regard.
Ability to instruct solicitors and receive appropriate advice on technical issues tailored to achieve commercial objectives.
Planning Organization
Client focus
Strong Communication skills both written and verbal
Teamwork
Business Acumen
Attention to Detail
Persuasive /Negotiation skills

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