Analyst, Legal Counsel in London

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on, participate in and implement Firm transactions, actions, projects and initiatives, including process improvement and technology onboarding to improve the delivery of legal services.
• Provide legal advice, review draft and negotiate documentation, and manage execution for hedging, derivatives and trading transactions.
• Provide legal advice, review draft and negotiate documentation, and manage transactions and projects for a broad range of banking transactions including project finance, aviation finance, fund finance, asset finance, securitisation, leverage finance, structured products and derivatives transactions.
• Review, draft and negotiate transaction documents, term-sheets, client presentations and oversee all related transaction management.
• Review and draft derivatives documentation, including ISDA Schedules, CSAs, GMRA/GMSLA, similar trading agreements, long‐form confirmations and bespoke agreements for FX transactions, netting, enforceability legal opinions and guarantees.
• Provide non‐legal support for reporting and information management – e.g., release emails, MAS ID, Indox, MRRAs, Markit Swap Agent matching, billing and invoices, and support audit enquiries.
• Maintain and update the internal Documentation Manual, standard legal templates, internal policies and procedures.
• Manage other forms of market‐standard trading documentation as well as bespoke documents for bonds, loans, derivatives, foreign exchange, indices, forwards and options.
• Advise on legal, regulatory and reputational issues arising in transactions and non‐transactional operations of the Firm, both regionally and internationally.
• Support the Legal team with legal and market research.
• Provide support to other global legal teams (Tokyo, Americas, Asia‐Pacific) and functional areas.
• Assist with additional legal delivery areas as the offshore team expands.

Skills and Experience

• University graduate with demonstrable LLM and read‐law experience.
• Experience obtained in an internship either in private practice with a major law firm or in‐house with a significant financial institution.
• Familiarity with general banking and derivatives products is an advantage.
• Commercial awareness of the latest market issues and regulatory changes.
• Ability to build effective and positive client relationships quickly and to fully embrace the importance of client service.
• Ability to explain complex legal concepts to a non‐technical audience.

Personal Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to speak/read another language is desirable, though not essential.
• Team player with strong understanding of cross‐cultural working and diverse & inclusive cultural vision.
• International outlook and exposure.
• Strong willingness to embrace change and new ways of working.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, motivated, pragmatic, curious and commercially minded.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability and strong decision‐making skills.
• Ability to operate with urgency, prioritise work and manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Structured and logical approach to work and strong problem‐solving skills.
• Creative and innovative approach to work.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Open to flexible working requests within organisational requirements.

Equal Opportunity Statement

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership. We make our recruitment decisions in a non‐discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.