Job Description

Primary responsibilities:

• Deliver best-in-class Investment Grade and Non Investment Grade loan documentation for Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) and Commercial Banking (CB) clients, including maintain oversight of the deal closing process
• Review and help negotiate legal documentation across core corporate lending categories, with a focus on bilateral, club and syndicated working capital / term loan facilities ranging from vanilla to complex (acquisition finance type and/or cross regional) documentation
• Liaising with internal/external counsel to prepare and review transactional documentation
• Draw on expertise to help suggest solutions for appropriate stakeholders (Bankers, Credit, Tax, Ops etc) as necessary, ensuring they are brought into the debate in a timely manner to reach a resolution
• Manage controls framework, reporting and escalation for transaction execution; including preparing and coordinating documentation deviations and approvals during negotiations
• Actively contribute to WLS wider projects & initiatives

Key Skills:

• In-depth technical knowledge and understanding of loan documentation (in particular LMA Bilateral and Syndicated Facilities)
• An understanding of credit execution, transaction management, credit products and banking processes
• Ability to identify problems and escalate these promptly
• Excellent coordination skills and a strong control mindset
• Good organization skills, and ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines, including strong prioritization skills
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; ability to interact professionally and confidently with the Front Office globally
• Confident, self-starter, assertive and energetic
• Set high standards of performance for self
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing business and technology environment
• Good working knowledge of MS Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc), Word and PowerPoint
• Candidates from law firms and/or with in-house counsel/paralegal backgrounds preferred
• Whilst not essential, Arabic language skills welcomed

Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 6-9 months Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dubai: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)