International London-based securities and investment banking arm of a Japanese Financial Group seeks a corporate counsel to handle all legal and documentation aspects of Structured CDO and similar products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

---Handling all legal and documentation aspects of transactions involving asset-backed security and other issues
---Ensuring that all MTN trades handled are documented promptly, involving the review of related swap confirmations; ensuring that documentation relating to updates of programs on which the Bank is dealer, if involved in such work, is promptly reviewed; maintaining Program Information System together with updated Pricing Supplement format; ensuring that related option documentation is correct; arranging Updates of Programs for which Bank is arranger.
---Ensuring the review and negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements, CSAs, confirmations for CDSs and other transactions and any other ISDA documentation.
---Close interaction with external lawyers, trustees, providers of corporate services, agents, collateral managers, rating agencies, MTN issuers, ISDA counterparties, Structured Products Desk, MTN Desk, Origination Desk, Syndicate Desk, Operations and other support Departments.
---Assisting in ensuring the smooth running of the MTN & Derivatives Documentation desk and ensuring high standards of documentation service, introducing improvement initiatives as necessary
---Supervising, training and developing more junior members of the MTN & Derivatives Documentation Desk
---Reporting to Head of Legal and Head of MTN & Derivatives Documentation Desk

REQUIREMENTS:

---JD, LLB or LLM
---Law firm or a bank in-house counsel experience
---Good academic qualifications, analytical skills, management and motivation skills, high energy level, proactivity, communication and organization skills
---Fluency in Japanese would be an advantage although not essential
---Proficiency in Word, grasp of Access and Excel