Banking and Finance Lawyer

This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support.

The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Legal Directorate (JU) - Legal Department, EU Operations - (OPS-EU) – Northern Europe Division (NE)at its headquarters in Luxembourg an:

(Associate) Banking and Finance Lawyer (German speaker preferred)

This is a full-time temporary position at grade 4/5

The term of this contract will be 1 year; as this is a temporary replacement assignment, no extension or conversion of the contract is foreseen.

• internal benchmark role (Associate) Officer Legal Services

Interviews are foreseen for early January 2026.

The Northern Europe Division (NE) deals with the legal documentation and legal issues for projects in Northern Europe, i.e. in Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and the EFTA countries. The Lawyer will assist the Head of Division and Head of Department, together with other legal advisers, in providing legal support to the operational directorates, carrying out work related to all tasks within the remit of the division.

This position offers you the opportunity to contribute to EIB's business in the Division's countries of operations. You would gain experience with different types of EIB lending products, build skills in negotiating with internal and external clients and celebrate your success as part of a highly motivated and dynamic team that takes pride in what it does.

The Lawyer (internally referred as (Associate) Officer Legal Services) will act under the general authority of the Head of Division, in cooperation with the other colleagues of the Division and in accordance with the priorities established by the Head of Division

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

The Lawyer will carry out work related to the Division's responsibilities and work independently on lending and financing operations. S/he will:

• Draft and negotiate legal documentation for lending and financing operations for:
• projects in the afore-mentioned countries, notably bilateral loans with banking counterparts, public entities and major corporates
• project finance operations, with the assistance from external legal counsels
• structured finance operations, including securitisations
• other forms of financing, including risk-sharing structures, on a funded and unfunded basis.

This includes advising on structuring, drafting of documents, legal advisory support, conclusion of contracts, completion of all related legal formalities, and legal monitoring (including loan restructuring and other post-signature events).

• Manage contacts and negotiations
• Prepare the terms of reference for external counsel and other consultants, liaise and supervise their work, whenever necessary
• Complete the administrative formalities vis-à-vis clients which have a legal nature or have legal implications
• Undertake research and conduct legal studies on issues of law arising in connection with EIB's operations and in the context of developing new financial instruments/templates
• Develop and maintain relationships within EIB, its clients and external legal advisers, and represent EIB externally

• University degree in law, minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor and preferably at Master level, and preferably qualified in German or Austrian law.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience relevant for the job, preferably in the field of bank lending and/or project finance and/or capital markets and preferably acquired with a law firm of international repute or an in-house legal department.
• Knowledge of civil and commercial law of a jurisdiction relevant to the work of the Division would be an advantage.
• Significant experience in drafting and negotiating contractual documentation in English and/or German; experience in drafting and negotiating finance documents would be an advantage.
• Experience in structured finance and/or project finance/PPP transactions would be an advantage
• Very good knowledge of standard computer tools.
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Capacity to draft and negotiate in German would be an advantage.

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We hire and value talent with unique characteristics, creating a work environment where they can be themselves. We believe that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion makes us a performing and innovative organisation. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity.

We strongly invite applicants with a disability, neurodivergent profile or chronic condition to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 8th December 2025