Funds Services Counsel - Depositary Services & Fund Administration - 12 month contract

Payments / Financial Services Regulatory Lawyer - 12 month contract

London / Belfast / Dublin

We are working with a leading global investment bank looking to appoint an experienced Payments / Financial Services Regulatory Lawyer for a 12-month contract within its legal team.

This is a commercially focused role supporting a global Payments and Transaction Banking business, with particular emphasis on UK and European products, regulation and new product initiatives.

The role will include:

* Providing legal and regulatory advice across a range of payments and cash management products and services
* Advising on UK and EU payments and financial services regulation
* Supporting new product development, business initiatives and client solutions
* Working closely with Product, Compliance, Risk and other control functions on legal and regulatory matters
* Identifying and advising on product and regulatory risk
* Providing commercially practical advice on the application of law, regulation and internal policy
* Working with legal colleagues and business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions

We're looking for:

• Approximately 3-8 years' PQE / relevant experience
• Experience within banking or financial services, gained in-house, within private practice and/or a regulatory environment
• Strong knowledge of payments, cash management or transaction banking
• Good knowledge of UK and European financial services regulation, particularly payments regulation such as PSD/PSD2
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders across international and cross-functional teams
• A commercial approach and the ability to provide clear, pragmatic legal advice in a fast-paced environment

This would be particularly well suited to a payments lawyer, financial services regulatory lawyer or banking lawyer with strong payments experience looking to join a sophisticated international platform on a substantial contract.

12 month contract - Trade & Working Capital Finance | London or Belfast

We're currently looking for an experienced lawyer to join a leading global financial institution, supporting its Trade, Supply Chain Finance and Working Capital lending businesses.

Location: London or Belfast
Experience: 6+ PQE (or equivalent)

Contract opportunity

This is a broad, commercially focused role working closely with international business teams on the structuring, documentation and execution of sophisticated trade and financing transactions.

The role will include:

* Advising on secured and unsecured bilateral and syndicated trade loan facilities
* Supply chain and distribution finance
* Accounts receivable and import/export finance
* Draft discounting and commodities finance
* Securitisations and other trade-related financing products
* Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documentation
* Advising international business units on relevant matters of English law
* Working closely with Risk, Compliance, Regulatory, Finance and Tax teams
* Supporting regional and global initiatives, including digitisation projects
* Coordinating with international in-house legal teams and managing external counsel

What we're looking for:

Ideally, you'll have at least 6 PQE or equivalent experience, gained within private practice and/or an in-house legal team, with exposure to a broad range of trade finance transactions.

Candidates do not need experience across every product listed above. Strong experience advising on secured and unsecured lending transactions, together with a good understanding of security and perfection requirements, would also be highly relevant.

This would suit a finance lawyer looking for a varied role with significant exposure to cross-border trade finance, structured lending and global stakeholders.