Senior Manager - Legal Counsel - BFSI - LLB/LLM

Role : Legal Counsel ( Senior Manager Level)

Location : Gurgaon

Key Responsibilities :

- Be an active and trusted business partner and ensure the provision of timely business-focused advice to amongst others, the debt products origination desk of the Organisation.

- Manage multiple complex structured debt transactions from inception to completion, ensuring all aspects are handled timely, meticulously and efficiently, including drafting and negotiating documentation across asset-based finance, NCDs and securitization transactions.

- Manage legal reviews and advise on risk management in relation to innovative financing structures, investment product development, how to best position/structure these products/features to reduce legal risk, including creating/ reviewing relevant documentation.

- Negotiate and deal with multiple stakeholders across different business lines, and legal teams.

- Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers on finance transactions.

Educational Qualification / Work Experience & Skills :

- LLB / LLM with min. 6-7 years of post-qualification experience, preferably with a mix of in-house experience (ideally gained at a financial services firm with an established debt investment desk) and top tier law firm experience (ideally gained within the core Banking and Finance practice)

- Familiarity with reviewing, drafting and negotiating NCD documents, loan agreements, securitization transactions/structured financing documentation is required

- Experience in advising on debt capital market transactions is a plus

- Excellent communication skills and project management skills

- Strong attention to detail