Capital Markets Lawyer

Axiom
UK - UK - London, United Kingdom
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced capital markets legal professionals who can work in fast-paced environments and manage cross-functional teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in debt, equity, or listed-company legal matters and a track record of stakeholder management
    — “Work closely with legal teams, bankers, issuers, finance, compliance, business stakeholders and external counsel”
  • Legal professionals with a preference for flexible work arrangements and a hybrid or remote work model
    — “Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements”
  • Individuals who have worked in private practice, in-house, or within financial institutions and can provide pragmatic legal counsel
    — “Experience gained in private practice, in-house, on secondment or within an investment bank, financial institution, broker-dealer, issuer or other relevant financial-services environment”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and have relevant capital-markets experience
    — “Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or an equivalent overseas qualification with relevant UK capital-markets experience”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with securities offerings and transaction lifecycle management in your resume and interview responses
    — “Support transactions throughout their lifecycle, including structuring, due diligence, disclosure, documentation, execution, closing and post-transaction requirements”
  • Emphasize your ability to deliver clear, business-focused legal advice in your application materials
    — “Ability to provide clear, pragmatic and business-focused advice in a fast-paced transactional environment”
  • Showcase your drafting and negotiation skills, especially with capital-markets documentation
    — “Draft, review and negotiate capital-markets documentation, including offering documents, prospectuses, underwriting agreements”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • provide legal advice on capital markets transactions
  • draft and negotiate complex legal documents
  • manage legal risks in transactions
Typical background
qualified lawyer with experience in capital marketsrelevant UK capital markets experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Capital Markets LawSecurities LawLegal DraftingNegotiationTransaction ManagementLegal Compliance

Preferred

Corporate FinanceListed-company Matters

Stack & domain

LegalDraftingNegotiationLeadershipCommunicationFinance

About the role

Original posting from Axiom

We are currently seeking Capital Markets Lawyers to work with Axiom clients across financial institutions, investment banks and other organisations.

Responsibilities:

Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on a range of capital markets matters, including debt, equity and equity-linked transactions, securities offerings, financings and listed-company matters.

Draft, review and negotiate capital-markets documentation, including offering documents, prospectuses, underwriting agreements, purchase agreements, engagement letters, disclosure materials and related transaction documents.

Support transactions throughout their lifecycle, including structuring, due diligence, disclosure, documentation, execution, closing and post-transaction requirements.

Work closely with legal teams, bankers, issuers, finance, compliance, business stakeholders and external counsel to manage risk and deliver transactions efficiently.

Minimum Qualifications:

Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or an equivalent overseas qualification with relevant UK capital-markets experience, and right to work in the UK.

Experience advising on one or more capital markets areas, including debt capital markets, equity capital markets, equity-linked products, securities offerings, listed-company matters or corporate finance.

Experience gained in private practice, in-house, on secondment or within an investment bank, financial institution, broker-dealer, issuer or other relevant financial-services environment.

Strong commercial awareness, drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, pragmatic and business-focused advice in a fast-paced transactional environment.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alternative legal services.

Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster. Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at benefits@axiomlaw.com and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. 

Axiom Global Limited is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 11777468 Registered Office: Challoner House, 3rd Floor, 19-21 Clerkenwell Close, London, UK, EC1R 0AA.

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full privacy notice is available at https://www.axiomlaw.com/privacy-notice. 

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that all information contained therein, and provided at any part of the application process, is correct and accurate to the best of your knowledge.

Source: Axiom careers

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