Legal Counsel, Associate (GER)

• Provide legal support across lending, debt, acquisition, disposal, restructuring and refinancing transactions.
• Assist with the review, drafting and negotiation of financing documentation, security packages, corporate agreements, NDAs, service agreements and other commercial contracts.
• Develop a strong understanding of banking and lending transactions, including the respective interests of lenders and borrowers and the documentation required throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Support senior lawyers on German-related legal matters, including the review and understanding of German legal documentation and interaction with notaries, authorities and external advisers.
• Advise on corporate, legal and regulatory matters affecting investments across Luxembourg, Germany and other European jurisdictions.
• Work alongside investment, asset management, finance and other internal teams on ongoing portfolio matters and strategic initiatives.
• Support corporate governance activities, board matters and the management of entities across the wider investment platform.
• Coordinate with external law firms and legal advisers across multiple jurisdictions.
• Identify legal and regulatory issues and contribute to practical, commercially focused solutions.
• Assist on compliance, AML, governance and internal policy-related matters when required.
• Support transactions and projects throughout the full investment lifecycle, progressively taking greater ownership as technical knowledge and experience develop.
• Contribute flexibly across the legal function as investment activity evolves across jurisdictions and strategies.

• Qualified lawyer, ideally with approximately 1 to 3 years of post-qualification experience, although other relevant levels of experience may be considered.
• Previous experience in banking, finance, lending or transactional work, with a good initial understanding of how financing transactions are structured.
• Exposure to legal documentation linked to loans, debt instruments, security packages or other financing arrangements.
• Experience gained within a recognised law firm would be particularly relevant, ideally within a banking, finance or transactional practice. In-house experience within a bank or financial institution would also be considered.
• Fluent English combined with German at a level sufficiently strong to review legal documentation and communicate confidently on legal matters.
• Good understanding of the investment lifecycle and a genuine interest in developing further exposure to transactions, investment management and financing.
• Able to communicate legal concepts clearly and practically to both legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Professional, reliable and detail-oriented, with strong ethical standards and sound judgement.

• Experience gained in a leading international or Luxembourg law firm, particularly within banking and finance.
• Prior exposure to German legal drafting or German transaction documentation.
• Previous experience working on cross-border matters involving several European jurisdictions.
• Broader exposure to restructurings, acquisitions, disposals, refinancing or asset-backed transactions.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to operate comfortably in a flat, collaborative environment where responsibilities are not rigidly divided between team members.

THE OFFER:

• Direct exposure to lending, financing and investment transactions
• The opportunity to work across the full lifecycle of investments
• Close collaboration with highly experienced senior lawyers
• Significant on-the-job training and the ability to progressively assume greater responsibility
• Exposure to multiple European jurisdictions and different investment strategies
• A genuinely flat and collaborative legal team with limited internal competition
• A highly stable working environment with strong tenure across the legal function
• The possibility for the role to evolve over time according to business needs, individual capabilities and areas of interest
• A differentiated alternative for lawyers looking to move away from traditional law-firm career structures while retaining high-quality transactional exposure