Banking & Finance Lawyer

Job Description

**The Role**

Our work spans the whole of the MENA region and beyond. The team advise on the full range of banking and project finance transactions including limited recourse project finance, Islamic finance, secured and unsecured bilateral and syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition finance, rescheduling and restructuring, loan transfers, derivatives and other financial products.

The team offers specialist advice in the following legal areas:

- Bank Lending: Advising on the full range of banking transactions including secured and unsecured bilateral and syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition finance, rescheduling and restructuring, loan transfers, participations and acquisitions and disposals.
- Projects: Clients include arrangers, lenders, debt and equity financiers, borrowers, project sponsors, export-credit agencies and international financial organisations.
- Islamic finance - we devise and deliver financing solutions that are specific to the needs of our clients.

The team devises and delivers financing solutions that are specific to the needs of our clients. As a leader in the growing Islamic finance field, in the past year Clifford Chance has closed more than US$25 billion worth of transactions - groundbreaking deals that have provided innovative Shari'a compliant structures for clients in markets across the Middle East and beyond.

**Key Attractions**

AS&H Clifford Chance is the current holder of the prestigious IFLR Saudi Arabian Law Firm of the Year, and the team has won the award for all but one of the past fourteen years since the inception of this award. The team was also ranked first by Mergermarket, both in terms of M&A deal value and deal volume in Saudi Arabia for 2018 and 2019.

You will work on leading deals for top tier clients. The range, calibre and international scope of the deal flow is unique.

Recent deal highlights include advising:
You will work on leading deals for top tier clients. The range, calibre and international scope of the deal flow is unique.

Recent deal highlights include advising:

- The lenders to Saudi Aramco on a USD10 Billion Term Loan Financing;
- The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (which is expected to become the world's largest sovereign wealth fund) on a number of high-profile mandates both in Saudi Arabia and internationally including a USD10 Billion Term Loan Financing;
- Several Government ministries on privatisation mandates, implementing one of the key objectives of the Saudi “Vision 2030”;
- The merger of SABB and Al-Alawwal, two of the leading banks in Saudi Arabia;
- Crédit Agricole on the disposal of a 16.2% stake in Banque Saudi Fransi to Kingdom Holding Company;
- the financiers on the US$10 billion revolving credit facility financing for Saudi Aramco. The financing combined a US$3 billion Islamic _Murabaha_ facility, and a US$7 billion conventional facility, provided by over 30 banks; and
- General Electric on the Saudi aspects of its US$17bn acquisition of Alstom’s global power transmission business.

The sophisticated internal training programme offered is unmatched in the region and includes local monthly courses run by The Academy with the opportunity to attend training programmes across the Clifford Chance network of offices.

The team is proud of their reputation for being a very informal, supportive, and meritocratic group.

You will feel part of a well organised and structured team which forms a supportive environment in which you can learn and flourish.

The remuneration package offered is one of the most attractive in the market and earnings are currently tax-free.

**Key Responsibilities**
- You will be given the opportunity to handle a variey of work, including general banking and finance, Islamic finance and, project finance transactions

**Qualifications**:
**Your experience**
- Proven track record of acting on a varietyof finance transactions.
- Experience in, or exposure to, advising on Saudi Law aspects of international cross-border transactions would be advantageous.
- You should also have a genuine and demonstrable interest in, or affinity for, the Middle East

Company Description

**Who we are**

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. Bu