Location
10 Upper Bank St, Canary Wharf, London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
This role focuses on synthetic securitisation and Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions, advising leading global financial institutions on regulatory capital management, balance sheet optimisation, and structured credit solutions. The work includes funded and unfunded synthetic securitisations, credit risk transfer structures, portfolio risk transfer transactions, and related structured credit products. You will work on innovative, market-leading transactions across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes.

You will advise on a broad range of structured finance transactions including structured products, derivatives, CLOs, and securitisations across asset classes and jurisdictions. This covers public and private issuances, repackagings, synthetic and cash structures, warehouses, and risk transfer transactions. Acting for originators, arrangers, investors, and collateral managers, you will support clients in navigating regulatory requirements and executing transactions in evolving securitisation markets.

The majority of work is cross-border and international, advising banks, insurers, investors, and alternative capital providers on complex risk transfer transactions. You will take a lead role on SRT and synthetic securitisation matters including structuring, transaction execution, regulatory analysis, investor negotiations, and ongoing programme development. Collaboration with colleagues across Structured Finance, Regulatory, Tax, and Derivatives practices is essential to deliver integrated client solutions.

Clifford Chance is recognised for excellence in this area, consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers UK, Legal 500 UK, and IFLR1000 for Structured Finance, Securitisation, Derivatives, and Structured Products.

Experience
Mid to Senior level lawyers with experience in synthetic securitisation, SRT transactions, portfolio risk transfer, securitisation, and structured finance. Experience advising financial institutions on regulatory capital optimisation initiatives, capital relief trades, credit linked note programmes, or funded and unfunded risk transfer transactions is highly valuable. Candidates may come from leading securitisation, structured finance, derivatives, or banking practices and should demonstrate strong technical drafting skills and commercial judgment.

About you
You should have a strong interest in the evolving regulatory capital and risk transfer market, be commercially minded, and able to work collaboratively across teams. Candidates based in other leading financial centres with relevant experience are also welcome.

Qualifications
Qualified lawyer with relevant experience in structured finance and securitisation transactions.