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VP Trade Finance - Banking

Michael Page Legal
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 9 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

Life Insurance

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  • Our client is seeking a Trade Finance lawyer with 3 to 7 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), preferably with in-house experience.
  • The role involves providing legal advice on trade finance transactions and structures to the international trade and working capital business teams of a leading FTSE100 banking institution.
  • The successful candidate will work in the London office on a hybrid basis, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • The position offers a competitive base salary ranging from £95,000 to £125,000, depending on experience.
  • Additional benefits include a non-contributory pension, 25 days of holiday, income protection, life assurance, private medical insurance, and optional benefits.

Our client is searching for a 3 - 7 PQE Trade Finance lawyer ideally with experience in-house. The role consists of providing legal advice on trade finance transactions and structures to the international trade and working capital business teams for a FTSE100 banking institution.

Client Details

Our client is one of the UK's leading multinational banks headquartered in London with over 200 years of banking expertise and 50,000 employees. Well established in a number of financial divisions across the globe including Corporate and Investment arms, their focus has remained providing innovative solutions to a variety of clients including their everyday customers.

Description

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Providing legal advice on trade finance transactions and structures to the international trade and working capital business teams including the management of risk
  • Advising on a variety of trade and working capital products including trade loans, discounting letters of credit, B2B trade fiance, debt financing with a trade finance element, bonds, guarantees, and more.
  • Reviewing and negotiating a variety of transaction documentation
  • Ensuring the corporate banking division complete tasks in a compliant manner to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Providing expert advice to the Bank's businesses and wider functions including areas of credit, risk, product management, tax, finance, fraud, litigation, commercial contract support, and operations.

Profile

The successful candidate will be a 3 - 7 PQE lawyer qualified in England & Wales with strong experience in trade finance and wider working capital. The candidate will be able to work in the London office on a weekly hybrid basis.

Job Offer

  • Base salary between £95,000 - £125,000 depending on candidate experience
  • Pension, non-contributory on your part
  • 25 days' holiday with the ability to buy / sell days
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Additional optional benefits

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.