Junior or Experienced Lawyer, Structured Finance

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

DLA Piper thrives on complex challenges and delivers exceptional results to clients. We're a team of trusted advisors, innovators and game-changers, going above and beyond to challenge the status-quo.
Our global Finance, Projects & Restructuring practice is market leading and offers you the widest platform to progress your career and develop expertise across all of our core services.
We have the international reach and innovative mind-set to represent a broad range of clients and advise them on high profile and path-finding transactions.
The role will be focused on cross-border structured finance, capital markets transactions, restructuring work and financial regulation. We understand the commercial, strategic, technical, geographical, and political factors that shape and impact our clients. We are looking to recruit a bright and ambitious lawyer to continue to serve the increasing demand of clients in an ever-evolving and complex legal world.
The role is a truly exciting time to join a team and a firm where every voice is heard and your success is recognised. So find out more about being valued for who you are as well as what you do, in a global law firm that commits to you and your career.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

Working as part of a team, you will enjoy a uniquely dynamic range of work that will cover our core services including:

- Assisting clients in a wide scope of Structured Finance, Capital Markets and Regulatory matters
- Managing deal teams and processes from initial discussions through closing
- Working on cross-border, complex transactions, with the ability to work hand-to-hand with other practices (e.g. corporate, tax, IPT and funds work) and other offices handling matters and acting as a primary point of contact for clients
- Contributing to the development and growth of the team and the Firm by taking business and marketing initiatives.

**ABOUT YOU**
- Master’s degree in law and possibly an additional degree abroad
- Ability to demonstrate an excellent academic record with 2 to 5 years’ relevant experience in many aspects of banking, finance or restructuring law (financial transactions, financial regulations and capital markets transactions)
- Have strong technical skills, with an international awareness and focus to their work
- Be fluent in written and spoken English and French, German would be a plus
- Ability to create and deliver sustainable, high quality client service whilst also considering clients' wider business objectives
- Be keen to get involved in business development and help drive the Luxembourg practice forward
- Well organized, proactive, flexible team player and culturally sensible
- Able to handle files independently - although you will always receive guidance when needed

**ABOUT US**

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

**OUR VALUES**

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:
**Be Supportive - **we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfull**y**
**Be Collaborative - **we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
**Be Bold**:

- we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
**Be Exceptional -** we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

**DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION**

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best. If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.

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