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Investment Banking Legal, EMEA (high yield / leveraged finance) VPBarclays UK • London, London, GB
Investment Banking Legal, EMEA (high yield / leveraged finance) VP

Investment Banking Legal, EMEA (high yield / leveraged finance) VP

Barclays UK • London, London, GB
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Join us as an Investment Banking Lawyer at Barclays, where you will provide senior legal support as part of the Investment Banking Legal team serving the EMEA region with a particular focus on our High Yield, Leveraged Finance, DCM and Strategic/Alternative Capital businesses. You will join colleagues providing legal and regulatory advice on a variety of transactional and non-transactional matters. We are keen to hear from you if you have experience in 144A/Reg S high yield bond offerings, liability management and/or leveraged financings such as senior secured term and revolving facilities, new LBO financings, refinancings, dividend recaps, PIK loans, unitranche financings and private placements.

To be successful as an Investment Banking Legal, EMEA (high yield / leveraged finance) VP, you should have:

  • Qualified lawyer in the UK, US or other common law jurisdiction (other jurisdictions may be considered too)
  • Strong high yield/leveraged finance experience gained in private practice and/or in-house at a financial institution. Experience working for underwriters of high yield bonds is particularly advantageous.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to share knowledge proactively
  • Previous experience working effectively in a fast-paced, complex and multi-dimensional environment

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in London.

Purpose of the role

To ensure that activities of the investment banking division are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities.

Accountabilities
  • Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies to manage risk related to non-adherence to laws, rules and regulations..
  • Legal advice and support to the bank's investment banking division on legal matters including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, lending and other corporate finance transactions.
  • Subject matter support in the Legal department's representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to investment banking activities, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
  • Creation and/or review of legal documents for the investment banking division to ensure the bank's adherence with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating form legal documentation for the investment banking division.
  • Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws, rules and regulations that may impact the bank's investment banking activities.
  • Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the investment banking activities.
  • Act as legal advisor to the Investment banking transaction approval committees on laws, rules and regulations.
  • Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Vice President Expectations
  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others..
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
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