Mid-Senior Structured Products Associate (Hiring Immediately)

Company Description

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating – full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

Job Description

The role

This role will focus on synthetic securitisation and Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions , advising leading global financial institutions on regulatory capital management, balance sheet optimisation and structured credit solutions. The work will include funded and unfunded synthetic securitisations, credit risk transfer structures, portfolio risk transfer transactions and related structured credit products. You will work on innovative, market-leading transactions across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes.

Who you will work with

We advise on a broad range of structured finance transactions, including structured products, derivatives, CLOs and securitisations across asset classes and jurisdictions. Our work covers public and private issuances, repackagings, synthetic and cash structures, warehouses and risk transfer transactions. We act for originators, arrangers, investors, and collateral managers on complex structures, supporting clients to navigate regulatory requirements and execute transactions in evolving securitisation markets.

What you will be responsible for

The majority of our work is cross-border and international, advising banks, insurers, investors and alternative capital providers on complex risk transfer transactions. You can expect to take a lead role on SRT and synthetic securitisation matters, including structuring, transaction execution, regulatory analysis, investor negotiations and ongoing programme development. You will work closely with colleagues across Structured Finance, Regulatory, Tax and Derivatives practices to deliver integrated solutions to clients.

Awards and Accolades

The group has been consistently ranked highly in Chambers UK for Financial Services: UK-wide & Legal 500 Financial Services categories. Some of our recent awards and rankings include:

• Band 1: Capital Markets: Structured Finance, Securitisation & Derivatives
  Chambers Global 2021
• Band 1: Derivatives
  Legal 500 UK 2021
• Band 1: Structured Products and Securitisation
  Legal 500 UK 2021
• Band 1: Structured Finance and Securitisation
  IFLR1000 2020
• Band 1: Derivatives
  IFLR1000 2020
  

Qualifications

Your experience

We are interested in Mid – Senior Level lawyers with experience in synthetic securitisation, SRT transactions, portfolio risk transfer, securitisation and structured finance . Experience advising financial institutions on regulatory capital optimisation initiatives, capital relief trades, credit linked note programmes or funded and unfunded risk transfer transactions would be particularly valuable.

Candidates may come from leading securitisation, structured finance, derivatives or banking practices and should demonstrate strong technical drafting skills, commercial judgment and an interest in the evolving regulatory capital and risk transfer market. We are open to candidates based in other leading financial centres with relevant experience.

Additional Information

Hybrid Working

This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way in line with the hybrid working policy.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.

Equal opportunities statement

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We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.