Associate, Emerging Markets / Project Finance
Overview:
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 an Associate.
Banking and Finance
Mayer Brown's banking and finance practice is a founding practice of the firm and continues to represent one of Mayer Brown's signature strengths. Many of our largest clients are bank holding companies, commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, asset-based lenders or institutional real estate companies.
Our Banking & Finance practice also represents numerous finance companies and fixed income funds, mezzanine investors, hedge funds, financial service boutiques, spin-offs and other financial institutions and investors, as well as a large number of borrowers operating in many different businesses and industries.
As financial institutions become one-stop shops and transactions increasingly combine a broader range of products, including securitization and derivatives, the number of law firms that can meet all these requirements under one roof is declining.Mayer Brown is one of the few that has both the breadth of offering and the international platform to service these needs—particularly when markets are volatile and deal structures can change overnight.
Qualifications:
England and Wales qualified with 2-6 years post qualification experience.
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
- 2-6PQE experience in a leading international firm
- Experience of emerging markets loans, structured trade and commodity finance and/or project finance (mining and metals in particular).
- Experience of deals involving African, Central and Eastern European, Latin American and/or Middle Eastern jurisdictions is beneficial.
- Knowledge of working with export credit agencies, development finance institutions and other official agencies on multi-sourced financing is beneficial.
- Keen to see candidates with experience of working with top tier law firms in these sectors.
- Language skills other than English are not required but candidates with additional language capabilities would be welcome.
- Candidates will be expected to be familiar with drafting and negotiating a range of finance documents on behalf of lenders and / or borrowers, including facilities agreements, inter-creditor arrangements and security documentation, as well as managing trainees and NQs.
- We are looking for future leaders within the team so candidates will be expected to demonstrate a willingness to help develop the practice and to input into strategy and marketing materials, together with the ability to represent the firm at business development events.
- An interest and willingness to get involved in the “life” of the group and the London office including participating in charity initiatives and pro-bono opportunities.
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.