In House Counsel

Location
Surrey
Salary
Highly competitive compensation + benefits
Posted
06 Apr 2017
Closes
04 May 2017
Ref
MAE14888
Job Title
In House Counsel
PQE Level
2-4, 5-7, 8-10
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

We are seeking a Banking and Finance Lawyer to join our client, a well-established leasing/business finance company in the Zone 6 area. The desired candidate will be a lawyer with experience in receivables financing, secured lending or restructuring and insolvency within a Finance practice at a law firm or the equivalent within a Financial Services organisation.

ROLE:

This role will be dynamic and challenging and include a variety of work such as:

  • Provide legal support and advice to the Company’s trading divisions (vehicle leasing, business finance and invoice finance).
  • Draft, review and negotiate the terms of deals and find workable solutions to commercial issues. 
  • Manage the delivery for the financial solutions particularly the structuring of transactions etc.
  • Advice the Company’s trading divisions on developments in the law in order to minimise legal risk and ensure that the Company continues to comply with legal requirements.
  • Provide legal support to the sales teams to help win business.

CANDIDATE

  • A lawyer with experience gained within a Finance practice at a law firm or the equivalent within a Financial Services organisation.
  • Experience in the financial services/ leasing industry with a focus on vendor finance and receivables finance will be ideal but not essential.
  • Candidates with exposure to secured lending or restructuring/insolvency will be considered for this role

*Candidates outside of this bracket will be considered if they are able to demonstrate the prerequisite experience required.