Capital Market Lawyer at a Tier 1 Law Firm

A Tier 1 law firm in Lagos State, is currently recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Capital Market Lawyer

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Experience in capital markets transactions for a wide range of domestic and international issuer types and debt and equity products.
• Amending and/or reviewing and advising on pre-transaction and transaction documents from initial pitch phase through closing. Working collaboratively with associates and partners to manage closings; performing due diligence reviews.

Responsibilities

• Managing the legal deal process, from planning and strategy through closing.
• Preparing, reviewing and drafting all transaction documents and related disclosure.
• Coordinating any necessary filings with all required regulatory bodies
• Reviewing rating agency and investor presentation materials.
• Advising the clients on ongoing legal matters based on a comprehensive understanding of their business needs and informed by relevant experience, including regulatory compliance, general corporate matters, disclosure issues and contract negotiations.
• Collaborating and communicating effectively with tax, accounting, audit, sourcing, and other clients matters, as well as other experts in the legal dealings to facilitate financing and capital markets transactions.
• Experience representing broker-dealers on capital markets transactions, including registered and exempt offerings of debt, equity and equity-linked securities.

Requirements

• LL.B Degree and (5) five or more years of relevant work experience.
• Bar membership in good standing.
• Three or more years of capital market / security experience at top law firm.
• Ability to operate with a significant level of independence.
• Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and process a large volume of work in a timely manner with attention to detail.
• Outstanding writing, editing and oral communication skills, adaptive to and effective for different audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships within an organization.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.