Senior Counsel

5 days ago


London, United Kingdom Aviva Full time
Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate, other locations cannot be considered.

Senior Counsel

We are currently looking for a hardworking lawyer to join the Aviva Investors Private Markets legal team as a senior counsel to support the delivery of Aviva Investors growth strategy.

A bit about the job:

The role will focus on Infrastructure investment, and you will have the opportunity to work across a range of debt and leveraged equity transactions. We are looking for someone with experience in cross border infrastructure and project finance. You will be familiar both with the finance and corporate aspects of an infrastructure investment. Most importantly, you will possess a strong interest and proficiency in quickly understanding and comprehending various debt finance and leveraged equity transactions. You will relish the variety of the role working as part of an expert, professional team while building rewarding relationships with key internal clients and external advisers.

Skills and experience we're looking for:
  • Senior lawyer with extensive relevant post qualifying experience with a leading firm and/or a financial institution
  • Experience in UK and European infrastructure finance and equity transactions.
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot and problem solve in a creative and innovative manner.
  • Ability to manage external counsel on Iarge/complex transactions to provide effective management of external spend and support delivery of deal execution.

What you'll get for this role:
  • Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
  • Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  • Family friendly parental and carer's leave
  • Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
  • Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
  • Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
  • Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
  • 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working -spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com

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