What we will offer
We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You will be joining an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.
Team structure
Stephenson Harwood has been established in Asia since 1979. We have a leading asset and structured finance practice. Our award-winning aviation finance team is one of the largest in Asia and ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific and Asia Pacific Legal 500.
Our team of acknowledged leading practitioners and highly talented aviation lawyers bring to the table a genuine in-depth knowledge and understanding of the aviation industry, which, when combined with a practical hands-on approach and high levels of legal expertise, enables us to deliver the commercial outcome our clients are looking for, effectively and cost efficiently.
We have decades of accumulated experience acting for:
- airlines
- lessors
- financiers and the major transportation banks
This experience means our aviation specialist lawyers have a 360-degree understanding of how the aviation industry works and can leverage that knowledge and experience to the benefit of clients without any re-invention of wheels or cost inefficiencies. Our approach is driven by listening to our clients’ commercial objectives, making sure we understand what it is that they want to achieve, within what timeframe, at what cost, and resourcing the job with the right team.
Main responsibilities
You will be working within a highly experienced and commercially astute team, you will have the opportunity to work on market-leading, high-profile deals. You will be expected to strive to achieve very high-quality standards and a passion for delivering excellence to clients.
This role will suit an ambitious and enthusiastic lawyer with excellent communication skills who enjoys the challenge of a dynamic and high performing team.
- As a junior/mid-level associate within the team, the role involves a broad range of structured finance, aviation finance, general banking transactions for our clients in the region.
- You will be involved in drafting and reviewing of finance documentation, negotiating the terms of transaction documents, legal research and supporting in the management of client files and relationships.
- You will be part of a practice that encourages participation in business development events, and to build strong working relationships with clients and colleagues alike.
- The successful candidate will join a mature, ranked practice, where they can expect great work, strong supervision, high quality learning & development opportunities.
Attributes / skills required
The successful candidate is expected to have the right mix of technical experience with a collaborative and team-oriented disposition. We are keen to hear from applicants with qualifications, experience as well as key skills and attributes as follows:
- Qualified in either Singapore, England & Wales or any other common law jurisdiction
- NQ - 2 years post-qualification experience*
- Excellent academic and professional qualifications, as well as experience from within a firm with an excellent reputation in finance
- General finance experience is preferred
- An intellectually curious, lateral thinker who can work independently, is highly organised, and resilient
- Accuracy and attention to detail, with demonstrable good housekeeping and file management practices
- A proven team player, exhibiting cooperation and collaboration and who enjoys building excellent working relationships with clients and peers within the firm
- Excellent numerical and communication skills with demonstrated commercial awareness
- Clear, concise and unambiguous drafting of financing and leasing documentation
Experience will include:
- negotiating the terms of transaction documents
- responsibility for transaction management and administration, including liaison with key client contacts and local counsel
- assisting with the day-to-day development and management of key client relationships
- proven ability to acquire, consolidate and apply fundamental and up-to-date knowledge of the law
- Organised and with a resilience that shows an ability to handle setbacks and timeline pressures all whilst operating professionally and proactively at all times
*Post-qualification experience is assumed to commence two years after the commencement of formal training contract or equivalent.
This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs.
