Trade Finance Lawyer

Overview

This role supports clients across financial services, banking, commodities, corporate, infrastructure, and other industry sectors with domestic and international trade-finance matters. Work covers areas including trade finance, export finance, supply-chain finance, and related banking issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on trade-finance matters, including:
  • Letters of credit
  • Demand guarantees
  • Standby letters of credit
  • Performance bonds
  • Receivables finance
  • Supply-chain finance
  • Export finance
• Draft, review, and negotiate trade-finance and related documentation, including:
  • Facility agreements
  • Guarantees
  • Security documents
  • Letters of credit
  • Trade instruments
  • Ancillary finance documents
  • Transaction documentation
• Advise banks, financial institutions, corporates, exporters, importers, treasury teams, and internal stakeholders on:
  • Transaction structures
  • Documentation
  • Risk and commercial considerations
• Collaborate with legal, finance, treasury, commercial, risk, compliance, external counsel, and deal teams to support domestic and international transactions throughout their lifecycle.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or an equivalent qualification with relevant trade-finance, banking and finance or cross-border finance experience, and right to work in the UK.
• Experience advising on one or more trade-finance areas, including:
  • Letters of credit
  • Guarantees
  • Documentary credits
  • Supply-chain finance
  • Receivables finance
  • Export finance
  • Structured trade finance
• Strong drafting, review, and negotiation experience across trade-finance, lending, security, or related commercial documentation.
• Excellent commercial awareness, drafting ability, communication, stakeholder-management, and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver practical, business-focused advice in fast-paced transaction environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, including health benefits and pension.
• Access to professional development resources and learning and development programs.
• Opportunity to work remotely, onsite, or hybrid, depending on client requirements.

Location

• UK (right to work in the UK required).