Lending Lawyer

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom eFinancialCareers Full time

Lending Lawyer - Banking & Capital Markets EMEA
**1. Main function of the job**:
In addition to these functions, all EMEA lawyers are required to carry out such other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required as part of the wider activities of the EMEA Legal Team.
**2. Responsibilities**:

- Working closely with the lines in structuring and documenting a wide range of general banking and asset-based lending and trade-related structures with leading clients in the market.
- Advising on, and identifying, legal issues, risks and mitigants as part of complex transaction documentation suites, including instructing and liaising with external counsel as required.
- Working independently with the lines of business to help develop and grow their businesses, including by providing creative and problem-solving legal input to new product and new initiative development, and assisting with all internal EMEA and wider WellsFargo approval committees and procedures.
- Working with other functional stakeholders, including Compliance and all wider Risk functions, in the EMEA platform and the US.
- Assisting the EMEA Law Department in providing advice regarding the licensing and regulation of products supported in EMEA.
- Communicating and collaborating on all elements of their legal work and wider associated legal and business risks with other members of the EMEA Legal Lending Team, the wider EMEA Law Department and Legal colleagues in the US and internationally.
- Effectively managing own workflow, prioritization and legal spend tracking.

**3. Skills/Experience Required**:

- Extensive experience of advising and representing international financial institutions in general banking, asset-based lending and trade-related matters, including advising on regulatory and compliance-based issues.
- Good working knowledge of LMA loan documentation and market standards.
- Good technical knowledge of EMEA markets and relevant laws (for example, financing, securities, insolvency, collateral) with respect to lending, capital markets, structured finance and similar products.
- Proven ability to analyse legal and regulatory issues and provide effective advice to internal clients on complex legal matters.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to self-start, effectively organise and prioritise multiple workstreams and internal client requests.
- Able to escalate legal issues effectively where necessary and not reluctant to raise hand.
- Ability to work effectively in a complex environment with a high degree of collaboration.
- Effective in building partnerships, functioning well with project teams, and working for the success of the wider team.

**We Value Diversity**
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountablefor execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and complianceobligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with thebusiness unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.



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