Job Description

Description

The Department

Our Singapore Transactions team acts for businesses, high net worth families and family offices, financiers, funds, entrepreneurs and listed companies in cross border commercial transactions documented under UK and US law.

Duties and Responsibilities

Based in Singapore, you will work on cross border financing transactions such general banking and finance transactions, structured finance and corporate debt restructurings. You will be responsible for drafting and commenting on finance documents (e.g., high yield loan agreements, intercreditor agreements and security documents), drafting advice to clients and transaction management. This is a client facing role, and you will be given significant responsibility, with appropriate supervision and training. This role has strong career progression potential for the right candidate.

Key Requirements

• You should be UK or SG law qualified or qualified in another common law jurisdiction.

• You should be at least 3 years\' PQE with experience in a top tier private practice at either an international law firm or a Singapore law firm.

• You should have excellent contract drafting skills.

• You should have excellent analytical skills with strong commercial awareness.

• You should be ambitious, proactive and taking ownership for the work matters assigned to you.

• You should be fluent in the English language, and other languages may be helpful.

Other Skills/Experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally

• Adaptable, autonomous and organized Self-driven and motivated
• Work well in teams

• Enjoy solving problems rather than identifying them

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm\'s legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: and .

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and merged. The merger delivers on both firms\' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world\'s possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The comprises standalone businesses , , , (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and . Complementary to Mishcon de Reya\'s core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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