(Associate) Venture Debt Lawyer

The **EIB**, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Legal Directorate (JU), Operational Policy, Mandates and Non-EU Operations Department (OPS-POL), Restructuring, Funds and Venture Debt Division (RFV), Venture Debt Unit (VD), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a **(Associate) Venture Debt Lawyer**

**This is a full-time position at grade 4/5 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.**

Panel interviews are anticipated for **end of March / beginning of April**
- **_internal benchmark: (Associate) Officer Legal Services_**

**Purpose**:
The Restructuring, Funds and Venture Debt Division (RFV), deals with the legal documentation and legal issues for Venture Debt, as well as debt restructuring and fund investments.

**This position would be for the Venture Debt Unit. **Venture Debt finances the growth stage of innovative companies inside and outside the EU. As (Associate) Venture Debt Lawyer, you will assist the Head of Division and the Head of Unit together with other lawyers, in providing legal support to the operational Directorates and carrying out work relating to tasks within the Venture Debt Unit’s remit. This involves legal work both on loan agreements and equity upside arrangements such as warrants, profit participation schemes and royalty arrangements.

**Operating Network**:
As an **(Associate) Venture Debt Lawyer** you will act under the authority of the Head of Division and the Head of Unit, in cooperation with the other lawyers of the Division and in accordance with the priorities established by the Head of Division and the Head of Unit (in coordination with the Head of Department).

The post may involve a certain amount of travel for negotiations and signatures of legal documentation and contracts.

**Accountabilities**:
As an (Associate) Venture Debt Lawyer you will:

- Prepare terms of reference for external counsel and other consultants, liaise and supervise their work, whenever necessary.
- Contribute to the formulation of legal policies in the area of activity of the Unit and of the Division and make recommendations for the implementation of new methods and procedures within your area of expertise.
- Contribute to the development of standard legal documentation for the Venture Debt operations and to the sharing of knowledge on legal documentation for the Bank’s products.
- Contribute to research on legal matters in Venture Debt transactions or activities.
- Develop and maintain constructive relationships with other directorates within the Bank.

**Qualifications**:

- University degree in law. Professional legal qualification.
- At least 3 years of relevant, professional post-qualification experience preferably in the field of banking and finance acquired with a firm of international repute or the in-house department of a financial institution.
- Significant experience in the drafting and negotiation of finance documentation in English. Experience in the drafting and negotiation of equity documentation would be an asset.
- Experience in the area of structured finance and/or venture debt would be an advantage.
- Very good knowledge of the standard computer tools.
- Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (*), with a good command of the other.

**Competencies**:

- Find out more about EIB core competencies _here
- (*) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of _level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support._ _

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