Associate: Banking - EMEA

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 and staff 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 and shared services centers; 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.

We are currently looking for an 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.

The Luxembourg Banking and Capital Markets practice is growing at a fast pace and is looking for a dynamic candidate with an entrepreneurial mindset and a willingness to build and grow with the team. With established teams in every major financial market, we are trusted by many of the world’s largest banks and companies to handle their largest and most complex multijurisdictional transactions. 

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.

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
• Communication with clients (via phone, e-mail)
• 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

• 3 to 6 years of experience in a banking transactional and/or capital markets transactional and/or regulatory practice in Luxembourg
• Commercial and business awareness
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker
• Ability to see the big picture
• Outstanding communication and negotiation skills
• Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects
• Excellent drafting skills
• Driven by professional growth
• Strong professional presence
• Client service focus
• Team player
• Strong judgment
• Proactive, resourceful, takes initiative
• Long-term interest in developing in the Firm
• Fluency in English. French and/or German may be an asset
• In-house experience may be an asset
• International experience a plus
• Good understanding of the key risks and issues involved in cross-border transactions

Location

• This is a role based in Luxembourg, with potential for international travel

1The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.