Description
Paralegal (SPG), Global Markets, London
About Ashurst Perkins Coie
At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world.For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.
Team Overview
Our team offers specialist advice on the full range of derivatives, structured products and capital markets products and transactions, including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, repos and securities lending transactions. We have extensive experience of advising issuers, dealers, corporates and other market participants across all major jurisdictions, sectors and in all areas of capital markets.
The derivatives, structured products and capital markets industries are undergoing a period of unprecedented regulatory change and our team is at the forefront of advising on these developments, including the Benchmark Regulation, clearing, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, MiFID II, PRIIPs KID and the Prospectus Directive.
Our team has been widely praised for its responsive approach, which combines with a distinctly practical and commercial attitude. We have a prestigious group of clients including a number of the biggest international banks and blue chip corporates, partnering with them wherever they need our support.
Job Overview
You will be working with other paralegals and associates within the Global Markets group across multiple offices.
The role is inclusive of but not limited to;
- Drafting of trade documentation for structured products and derivatives
- Assisting on programme updates of base prospectuses and other offering documentation
- Assisting on supplements and liaising with EEA competent authorities
- Liaising with clients (both business and legal teams) on transactions
- Assisting on a broad range of structured finance transactions
- Assisting with knowhow and project work
Essential Skills And Experience
- Excellent organisational/project management skills
- Collegiate, positive and willing-to-learn attitude to work, happy to assist and be involved in a variety of transactions when additional support is required
- Attention to detail and thoroughness are essential
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Confident and professional manner
- Able to build and develop rapport with clients; good client relationship skills
- Ability to manage own workload
Background checks
In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations
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