Counsel

The role

The Counsel provides legal advice on international structured finance and infrastructure finance transactions. This includes identifying legal risks in new deals and providing advice on amendments, waivers, and consents to existing transactions.

What you will do

• Support deal origination teams in structuring, negotiating, and documenting international structured finance and infrastructure transactions
• Review documents and legal advice provided by third parties
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risk in the design of an AGUK guarantee
• Work with the credit team to identify and structure around credit-related issues
• Review credit memorandums for new deals and participate in credit committees
• Assist the surveillance team with ongoing monitoring of closed transactions
• Manage and ensure the effectiveness of external legal support
• Liaise with AG Services Head of Legal Transaction Services for review on key legal conclusions
• Provide legal transactions advice to AGUK executive committees, senior managers and Board committees
• Answer legal concerns or questions for AGUK

Required qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in England and Wales
• At least 8 years of experience in a leading financial services law firm
• Strong experience with complex transactions, with a focus on infrastructure or structured finance
• Sensitive to legal and commercial risks, including bankruptcy issues
• Excellent academic qualifications
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Organized self-starter who is able to work independently
• Ability to prioritize issues and manage outside counsel
• Ability to challenge commercial thinking and deliver effective solution
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Willingness to take on varied tasks

Benefits

• Applicable employee benefits
• Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus
• Long-term incentive awards

About the company

Assured Guaranty is a leading financial guarantee insurance company.