Associate: Banking

**Associate: Banking - EMEA**

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 47 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

We are currently looking for a junior associate to join the Banking and Capital Markets practice in our Luxembourg office.

In addition to strong academic credentials, you should possess the drive and determination needed to thrive in a fast-paced practice, handling the legal intricacies of large-scale banking and capital markets’ transactions. Excited by the cut-and-thrust of deal-making, you should be undaunted by hard work and eager to demonstrate the dedication needed to deliver an outstanding work product.

Pragmatic and highly organized, you should be comfortable managing multiple workstreams and consistently meeting deadlines. Excellent communication skills will also be a major asset - enabling you to communicate information clearly and succinctly, and to be diplomatic when interacting with clients and outside parties. Able to see the big picture when it comes to deal context, you should also have a keen eye for detail - with the intellectual rigor to produce timely, flawless analyses of highly technical contracts.

Proactive and self-motivated, you should balance an independence of thought and action with an ease working collaboratively with colleagues. Ready for the challenges of a global law firm, you should be passionate about our practice and excited by the opportunity to work with - and learn from - colleagues across the firm’s international practices and offices.

Our Practice Area

We offer both international reach and a depth of local resources - advising on the full spectrum of financing matters, and structuring innovative, often ground-breaking deals.

From the moment you join us, you will be working alongside leading practitioners, supporting multi-disciplinary teams composed of colleagues from within the Debt Finance group and across the firm’s Private Equity and M&A, Restructuring, Capital Markets and Project Finance groups. An exciting, fast-paced practice, we expect our associates to deliver outstanding work to tight deadlines, and to display the cool head and positive mindset to flourish in a pressurized environment.

As an associate, you will be expected to handle a wide range of deal-focused tasks, such as leading on diligence exercises, drafting documents, and collaborating with outside counsel and White & Case teams. A meritocratic practice that places a strong emphasis on professional development, we aim to provide all our associates with significant responsibility at an early stage in their careers.

Supported by your team at every step, you will find the work both challenging and rewarding, with excellent opportunities for learning and professional development.

Duties and Accountabilities1

Our practice covers a full range of banking (debt finance generally, acquisition finance, fund finance, real estate finance, restructuring and enforcement of security interests) and capital markets transactions (securitisations, securities laws, structured finance, derivatives, corporate debt issuances and listings). Within this context, duties and accountabilities include:

- Conducting research and analysis, drafting of legal memoranda
- Drafting of agreements and all types of other documents and various statements
- Drafting of filings addressed to regulators
- Providing direct assistance to partner on matters arising in the course of day-to-day provision of legal services to leading international and domestic corporate clients
- Joining educational seminar and practice groups
- Joining local and international industry bodies
- Developing relationships with domestic and international clients
- Communicating with Luxembourg and foreign authorities, preparing forms, and serving notice

**Qualifications**:

- 2 to 4 years of experience in a banking transactional and/or capital markets transactional and/or regulatory practice in Luxembourg
- Commercial and business awareness
- Strong aca