Associate

The role

With 800+ lawyers across leading global financial centers and start-up hubs, Finance is one of the driving forces of the DLA Piper Global practice, providing market-leading insight and advice and representing leading investment and commercial financial institutions, public and private companies and government entities. The strength of our global platform delivers financing solutions when and where our clients need it. We advise on financing across borders, sectors, and products, and help overcome the legal, commercial, and political challenges of running a global business.

As part of our Singapore team, you will have the widest platform and a supportive environment to progress your career across Funds Finance, Project, Restructuring and etc. We are seeking to recruit a dynamic UK-qualified Associate to join us, you will be working across a broad range of complex transactions. This is your opportunity to support the world’s leading enterprises, emerging start-up companies and financial institutions in their development and investment activities.   

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• You will deliver exceptional results to clients on a broad range of complex transactions 
• Undertaking due diligence of fund documentation
• Drafting and negotiating facilities agreements
• Drafting and negotiating security documents
• Overseeing financing closings
• Act as a primary point of contact for clients, opposing counsels and other transactional legal teams 
• Assisting clients with ongoing deal administration 
• Providing direct assistance to senior lawyers on matters arising in the course of day-to-day matters and overseeing junior lawyers in the team

ABOUT YOU

We do not set upper or lower limits of PQE for any of our vacancies. We have however given an indicative PQE as an approximate guide for applicants. Candidates who have between 3 to 5 years’ PQE on the UK scale are likely to have the right level of knowledge and have gained the right level of experience needed to be able to undertake this role. 

• England and Wales qualification 
• Strong experience in multi-jurisdictional banking and finance transactions   
• Experience in the Asian Markets and working across different jurisdictions and / or with other emerging markets 
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken. Any other Asian language is a plus. 
• A highly initiative and innovative team player with strong client management and relationship skills 
• Commercially astute and stays current on key legal and business news 
• Provides a professional, quality service in a timely manner, and responds effectively to requests from internal and external clients
• Builds and develops own network of internal and external contacts
• Awareness of business development initiatives in the department and identifies ways to contribute
• Maintains a controlled, objective and flexible approach under pressure.

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

HYBRID WORKING

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.