Description
We are seeking a Banking Lawyer with infrastructure, energy, resources, and project finance experience, ideally 5-7 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) or equivalent experience.
The successful candidate will have a strong academic background (minimum 2.1 degree) with excellent written communication and drafting skills. You will also have outstanding technical skills, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team.
Key Responsibilities
- Possesses good working knowledge and understanding of the legal principles associated with the scope of work outlined above; proactively develops this knowledge further.
- Ability to lead transactions, as appropriate and depending on their complexity, reporting directly to the supervising partner.
- Strong project management and organisational skills, ensuring timely delivery to high-quality standards.
- Shows awareness of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.
- Good attention to detail and focus on accuracy.
Team Work and Interpersonal Skills
- Motivated, reliable, and flexible.
- Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure with good time management skills (e.g., meets deadlines and responds to requests in a highly timely manner).
- Has an appreciation of when to seek advice and guidance.
- Takes responsibility for project issues (i.e., “owns” the problem, seeks to understand assigned tasks, follows through).
- Strong interpersonal skills (internal and client-facing), both written and oral.
- Ability to work effectively with others in a team.
- Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise.
- Demonstrates financial awareness – attention to budgets and costs and timely completion of time recording.
- Uses an appropriate level of effort for the task (e.g., performs the appropriate amount of research based on partner and matter needs); works cost-effectively to provide value to meet clients’ needs.
- Takes ownership of own career development – proactive in soliciting performance feedback and addressing skills gaps.
Client Focus
- Understands the industry and market in which the clients operate.
- Demonstrates commercial awareness – aware of clients' commercial drivers and own role in achieving clients' business goals.
- Has good working relationships with clients, appropriate to the level of experience.
- Has a good understanding of clients, the sector, and the associated risks and opportunities.
- Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.
Working Hours
- 35 hours per week, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office.
Benefits
- Excellent training and development
- Superb working environment
- Competitive salary and benefits package