Legal Counsel: Structured Finance & Treasury

Job Description

Legal Counsel: Structured Finance & Treasury (Greenfields In-House Role)

What’s in it for you?

• A genuine Greenfields in-house opportunity, build and shape the legal function around funding, treasury and capital markets as the business scales
• Sit at the commercial centre of the business, working directly with Treasury, Capital Markets, Credit and the Executive team rather than sitting on the sidelines as a narrow legal adviser
• Broad exposure across securitisation warehouses, debt note issuance, bilateral and syndicated facilities, private credit and capital markets funding
• Hands-on drafting and negotiation ownership, not just external counsel management
• High-growth, entrepreneurial environment with real influence over how the funding platform is built and scaled

About your new employer:

• A well-capitalised, fast-growing Australian alternative asset manager operating across private credit, infrastructure and tactical investment strategies
• Known for a disciplined approach and a strong reputation among banks, institutional investors and capital markets participants
• A lean, high-performing team culture where legal sits close to the deal-making, not buried in process
• A business in genuine growth mode, scaling its funding platform toward institutional standards, this role will help build the runway

About the role:

This is a newly created, high-impact in-house role for a commercially-minded finance lawyer who can work 5 days from Sydney CBD office-wants to move beyond discrete transactions and become embedded in the ongoing funding and lending strategy of a growing business. You'll be the internal legal go-to across the group's treasury, banking and financing activities, from establishment through to execution and ongoing management.

You will be responsible for:

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and settling transaction documents for securitisation warehouses, debt note programmes, bilateral and syndicated facilities, security and intercreditor arrangements
• Supporting the establishment, amendment, renewal and ongoing operation of warehouse and funding structures
• Acting as the key internal legal contact for financing transactions from initial structuring through to financial close
• Managing external legal counsel efficiently, translating advice into practical, commercial recommendations
• Advising on legal risk across covenants, reporting obligations, events of default and security enforcement
• Building internal legal processes, precedents and governance frameworks to support a scaling funding platform
• Working closely with Treasury, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Credit and Operations, as well as trustees, financiers, arrangers and noteholders
• Build out a team around you

 

The ideal candidate:

• Can work 5 days from CBD office- with flexibility layered in on top as required. 5 days in office not negatable though
• Admitted lawyer in Australia (NSW preferred) with approximately 6–12 years PQE
• Strong finance documentation experience gained in a top-tier or mid-tier banking & finance/structured finance practice, and/or in-house within financial services
• Comfortable drafting and negotiating directly, this is not a coordination-only role
• Experience with securitisation, warehouse funding, debt capital markets, asset finance, receivables financing or non-bank lending highly regarded (direct securitisation experience desirable but not essential for the right candidate)
• Commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused, with the confidence to work directly with senior stakeholders and external advisers
• Genuinely excited by the idea of building something, this is a greenfields seat, not a backfill

This could suit someone coming from a private client, estate planning or estate litigation background who wants to move into more complex trusts and succession work.

 

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

 

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year.  Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

 

Contact Elvira today!

 
Please quote reference number EN/:57854

• Call or text: 0480 042 586
• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvira-naiman/

 

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