VP Trade Finance - Banking

FTSE100 Lawyer with Trade and Working Capital Experience

Joining a focused growth area for the organisation with hybrid working.

About Our Client

Our client is one of the UK's leading multinational banks headquartered in London with over 200 years of banking expertise and 50,000 employees. Well established in a number of financial divisions across the globe including Corporate and Investment arms, their focus has remained providing innovative solutions to a variety of clients including their everyday customers.

Job Description

Your key responsibilities include:

• Providing legal advice on trade finance transactions and structures to the international trade and working capital business teams including the management of risk.
• Advising on a variety of trade and working capital products including trade loans, discounting letters of credit, B2B trade finance, debt financing with a trade finance element, bonds, guarantees, and more.
• Reviewing and negotiating a variety of transaction documentation.
• Ensuring the corporate banking division completes tasks in a compliant manner to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Providing expert advice to the Bank's businesses and wider functions including areas of credit, risk, product management, tax, finance, fraud, litigation, commercial contract support, and operations.

The Successful Applicant

The successful candidate will be a 3 - 7 PQE lawyer qualified in England & Wales with strong experience in trade finance and wider working capital. The candidate will be able to work in the London office on a weekly hybrid basis.

What's on Offer

• Base salary between £95,000 - £125,000 depending on candidate experience.
• Pension, non-contributory on your part.
• 25 days' holiday with the ability to buy/sell days.
• Income protection.
• Life assurance.
• Private medical insurance.
• Additional optional benefits.