Overview:
We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Banking and Finance practice in our London office as a Senior Associate/Counsel.
The Department:
Capital Markets
Mayer Brown’s Capital Markets practice consists of lawyers who represent both issuers, as well as placement agents, underwriters and dealers in a wide variety of equity, equity-linked and debt offerings, in addition to an experienced structured finance practice working at the forefront of the market for securitized products.
With lawyers located in the principal financial centers in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, we regularly represent issuers and financial intermediaries in connection with fixed-income securities, including investment grade debt, commercial paper, emerging market transactions, liability management transactions, covered bonds, leveraged capital, high yield debt, continuously offered products, structured products and hybrid capital.
Responsibilities:
The PQE level/s identified here is indicative only. Mayer Brown would welcome applicants regardless of PQE who believe they meet the requirements of the role outlined in the job description and wish to apply for the position.
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from varying backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.
One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.
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Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.
We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Banking and Finance practice in our London office as a Senior Associate/Counsel.
The Department:
Capital Markets
Mayer Brown’s Capital Markets practice consists of lawyers who represent both issuers, as well as placement agents, underwriters and dealers in a wide variety of equity, equity-linked and debt offerings, in addition to an experienced structured finance practice working at the forefront of the market for securitized products.
With lawyers located in the principal financial centers in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, we regularly represent issuers and financial intermediaries in connection with fixed-income securities, including investment grade debt, commercial paper, emerging market transactions, liability management transactions, covered bonds, leveraged capital, high yield debt, continuously offered products, structured products and hybrid capital.
- Being part of the team that runs large often complex cross border debt capital markets transactions.
- Drafting documents and all the ancillary documents.
- Liaising with clients and law firms representing the opposite side on the transaction.
- Preparing legal advice and memos.
- Negotiating security documentation.
- Active involvement in business development and the continued growth of an expanding team
A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) from 7+ years post qualification experience.
The PQE level/s identified here is indicative only. Mayer Brown would welcome applicants regardless of PQE who believe they meet the requirements of the role outlined in the job description and wish to apply for the position.
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
- Be self-motivated and possess a very pro-active attitude;
- Experience in Debt Capital Markets Finance is required.
- Specific experience acting for banks, financial institutions, investors and corporate clients in Debt Capital Market transactions.
- Particular experience in cross-border leveraged finance, high-yield bonds and U.S. securities is desirable.
- Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style;
- Ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team;
- Demonstrate ability to confidently interact with clients and develop business pro-actively;
- A commercial and pragmatic outlook;
- Have attained degree certificate(s) from a reputed institution, achieving a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent.
At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.
Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from varying backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.
One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.
#LI-DNI
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