Mid-Senior Structured Products Associate

The role

This role will focus on synthetic securitisation and Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions, advising leading global financial institutions on regulatory capital management, balance sheet optimisation and structured credit solutions. The work will include funded and unfunded synthetic securitisations, credit risk transfer structures, portfolio risk transfer transactions and related structured credit products. You will work on innovative, market-leading transactions across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes.

Who you will work with

We advise on a broad range of structured finance transactions, including structured products, derivatives, CLOs and securitisations across asset classes and jurisdictions. Our work covers public and private issuances, repackagings, synthetic and cash structures, warehouses and risk transfer transactions. We act for originators, arrangers, investors, and collateral managers on complex structures, supporting clients to navigate regulatory requirements and execute transactions in evolving securitisation markets.

What you will be responsible for

The majority of our work is cross-border and international, advising banks, insurers, investors and alternative capital providers on complex risk transfer transactions. You can expect to take a lead role on SRT and synthetic securitisation matters, including structuring, transaction execution, regulatory analysis, investor negotiations and ongoing programme development. You will work closely with colleagues across Structured Finance, Regulatory, Tax and Derivatives practices to deliver integrated solutions to clients.

Awards and Accolades

The group has been consistently ranked highly in Chambers UK for "Financial Services: UK-wide" & Legal 500 "Financial Services" categories. Some of our recent awards and rankings include:

• Band 1: Capital Markets: Structured Finance, Securitisation & Derivatives
  Chambers Global 2021
• Band 1: Derivatives
  Legal 500 UK 2021
• Band 1: Structured Products and Securitisation
  Legal 500 UK 2021
• Band 1: Structured Finance and Securitisation
  IFLR1000 2020
• Band 1: Derivatives
  IFLR1000 2020
   

Your experience

We are interested in Mid – Senior Level lawyers with experience in synthetic securitisation, SRT transactions, portfolio risk transfer, securitisation and structured finance. Experience advising financial institutions on regulatory capital optimisation initiatives, capital relief trades, credit linked note programmes or funded and unfunded risk transfer transactions would be particularly valuable.

Candidates may come from leading securitisation, structured finance, derivatives or banking practices and should demonstrate strong technical drafting skills, commercial judgment and an interest in the evolving regulatory capital and risk transfer market. We are open to candidates based in other leading financial centres with relevant experience.
 

Hybrid Working

This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way in line with the hybrid working policy.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site. 

Equal opportunities statement

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Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.