Description
Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a Banking Team Leadership in Athens. This role offers the opportunity to build a strong foundation in shipping finance and transactional work.
The successful candidate will work closely with partners and senior lawyers on loan and security documentation, sale and purchase transactions, sale and leasebacks, joint ventures, shipbuilding contracts, and related corporate matters.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist with the drafting, review, and negotiation of facility agreements, security documents, guarantees, and conditions precedent.
- Support vessel sale and purchase, sale and leaseback, shipbuilding, and joint venture transactions.
- Carry out legal research and prepare clear, practical notes on shipping, finance, and corporate law issues.
- Coordinate signing and completion processes, including transaction checklists and post-completion filings.
- Liaise professionally with clients, local counsel, registries, and other transaction parties.
- Contribute to know-how, training, business development, and the wider activities of the Shipping team.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualified lawyer status, or due to qualify, with approximately 0-3 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
- A demonstrable interest in shipping, asset finance, banking, or corporate transactions.
- Strong drafting, research, analytical, and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively as part of an international team.
- Clear written and spoken English; Greek language capability would be advantageous.
- A proactive, commercial, and client-focused approach, with enthusiasm for learning and development.
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