Legal Counsel - Banking & Finance

Job description

Legal Counsel – Banking & Finance (Interim)

London | Immediate Start

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Banking and Finance Lawyer to join the legal team of a fast-growing international energy business on an initial three-month contract, with the potential for extension.

Working as part of a collaborative in-house legal team, you will provide specialist legal support across a broad range of financing matters. You will work closely with treasury, finance, commercial and senior business stakeholders on strategically important domestic and cross-border transactions.

The Role

Key responsibilities are likely to include:

• Advising on a broad range of banking and finance matters, including corporate lending, acquisition and project finance, structured finance, refinancing and hedging arrangements.
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating finance documentation, including facility agreements, loan agreements, guarantees, security documents, intercreditor arrangements, fee letters and conditions precedent.
• Advising on derivatives and hedging transactions, including the review and negotiation of ISDA documentation and related confirmations.
• Supporting the business on amendments, waivers, refinancings, restructurings and other changes to existing financing arrangements.
• Advising treasury and finance teams on financing structures, security packages, covenant compliance, risk allocation and transaction execution.
• Managing legal workstreams and coordinating with lenders, financial institutions, external counsel and other transaction parties.
• Providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice to senior stakeholders on complex banking and finance issues.
• Supporting wider finance-related legal matters across the business where required.

About You

To be successful, you will ideally have:

• Approximately 3–7 years’ PQE gained within a leading banking and finance practice and/or an in-house legal team.
• Strong experience of banking and finance transactions, including drafting and negotiating facility agreements and associated security documentation.
• Experience in one or more of corporate lending, leveraged finance, project finance, structured finance or derivatives.
• A sound understanding of financing structures, lender requirements and transaction processes.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• A pragmatic, commercial approach and the confidence to advise senior stakeholders directly.
• The ability to manage matters autonomously and work effectively in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment.

What’s on Offer

• An initial three-month contract with a genuine possibility of extension.
• The opportunity to join a high-performing and collegiate in-house legal team.
• Exposure to complex, high-value banking and finance transactions within a growing international business.
• Close interaction with treasury, finance and commercial stakeholders across the organisation.

Please note: Candidates must be available to commence within the next month. Applications from those with longer notice periods are unlikely to be suitable for this opportunity.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English