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Interim Trade Finance Lawyer
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An exciting opportunity has arisen with a global financial institution seeking an experienced Interim Trade Finance Lawyer to join its high-performing legal team on an interim basis.
Working closely with the business, you'll advise on a broad range of complex domestic and cross-border trade finance matters, supporting key stakeholders across transaction execution, product development and strategic change initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded banking lawyer looking to work on sophisticated, international transactions within a collaborative environment.
The Role
You will provide legal support on an interim basis across a varied portfolio of trade finance and working capital products, including:
- Advising on the structuring and execution of trade finance transactions.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of finance documentation.
- Supporting corporate lending and structured finance transactions from inception through to completion.
- Providing pragmatic legal advice to front office, credit, risk, compliance, tax, operations and product teams.
- Assisting with legal aspects of new products, regulatory developments and business change initiatives.
- Contributing to the development of legal templates, policies and internal governance frameworks.
- Managing legal risk, supporting dispute resolution where required, and helping drive best practice across the business.
- Delivering training and legal updates to internal stakeholders.
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About You
You'll be a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with strong banking and finance experience gained either in private practice or in-house within a financial institution.
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Ideally, you'll have experience advising on a range of trade finance products, including:
- Letters of Credit
- Bank Guarantees and Bonds
- Indemnity Facilities
- Export Credit Agency (ECA) Financings
- Promissory Note Discounting
- Supply Chain & Working Capital Finance
- Cross-border trade finance transactions
You'll be commercially minded, comfortable managing stakeholders across multiple business areas and able to provide practical, solutions-focused legal advice in a fast-paced environment.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join a leading international financial institution.
- High-profile, complex cross-border transactions.
- Broad stakeholder exposure across legal and front-office teams.
- Hybrid working.
- Competitive daily rate.
- Immediate start preferred.
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