Associate - Capital Markets & Derivatives 1-5 PQE - London

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our leading Capital Markets and Derivatives (CMD) team, to work on a wide range of structure finance, derivatives and capital markets transactions.

About CMS

CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 80 offices in 50 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

About the Role

We have an extremely strong and enviable client base of financial institutions, including leading investment banks, insurance companies, asset and investment managers, and institutional and corporate clients, including trustees and pension schemes. The team forms a part of CMS’s Finance practice comprising more than 100 lawyers. The CMD team is international in its approach, regularly working with clients and CMS colleagues across Europe and globally.

We have a strong reputation for quality work and a client-centric approach, so we always look for these attributes in all our associates. Our partners are actively involved in matters so we are looking for an ambitious associate who will take responsibility for matters, working closely with partners and be comfortable facing clients. We pride ourselves on the breadth of expertise we offer our clients, so our lawyers work on a variety of matters, applying the skills they learn to different types of products and clients.

The CMD team is collegiate, collaborative and offers a wide range of challenging and stimulating work, including securitised derivatives and structured products, repackagings, OTC derivatives, repos, stock lending, strategic equity financings and a range of debt capital markets transactions. We are an entrepreneurial and flexible team, looking for a bright, proactive lawyer who is keen to learn, develop and help us continue excellent work for our valued clients.

About You

You will be an ambitious and talented derivatives, structured finance and/or debt capital markets lawyer looking to join a market-leading team based in London. Although experience in a range of products/areas covered by the team is a bonus, given the depth of our expertise, we place particular value on your ability to learn and to apply existing skills to new product areas.

To be successful in this role, you will:
•    Be 1-5 years PQE
•    Have experience drafting and negotiating a range of derivatives and structured finance documentation
•    Be able to build and maintain strong client relationships
•    Have excellent drafting skills and the ability to translate legal theory into practical advice
•    Exercise sound judgment and have good interpersonal and consultancy skills
•    Have excellent presentation and marketing skills
•    Be enthusiastic, energetic and keen to experience a wide range of work and clients

Equal Opportunities

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.

For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website.

Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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