Distressed Products Group Europe – Legal Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title Distressed Products Group Europe – Legal Analyst

Location London

Corporate Title Associate

The Distressed Products Group desk makes markets in distressed bonds, distressed loans and par loans across all European markets. It also covers emerging markets (EM) such as Latin America and Eastern Europe. The team is largely managed out of London.

The desk also undertakes significant positioning alongside co-investors in active restructurings, insolvency situations, and strategic roles in formulating direction (debt for equity, conversions, rights issues, enforcements, inter-creditor negotiations, litigation, and operations)

It also provides new money in situations where access to normal markets is challenging, such as daylight facilities, insolvency estate funding, post-restructuring working capital needs, development funding, and leverage to portfolio bidders.

You will join the desk a Legal Analyst Associate.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Management of the receipt and delivery of confidential information in support of the desk’s trading functions

• Draft and negotiate confidentiality agreements, liaise with the compliance team to ensure maintenance of restricted trading lists, review and analyse credit agreements

• Work with traders, sales and sourcing teams and customers to ensure confidential information is exchanged on an expedited basis to meet trading deadlines

• Legal documentation for distressed/ par trades in the United Kingdom region. Responsible for drafting legal documentation, negotiation with counterparties and ensuring timely closing of trades

• Provide support in fresh investment/ trading efforts as well as dealing with any issues in existing positions

• Resolution and recovery of non-performing loans/portfolios. From time to time, provide legal assistance with resolution/ recovery processes of defaulted credits

Your skills and experience

• Educated to University level or equivalent qualification/work experience, graduating from top Law College

• Experience in a top law firm or a financial institution will be preferred

• Legal Risk exposure, understanding of how Loan documentation works would be preferred

• Good understanding of insolvency and bankruptcy procedures would be preferred

• A good commercial sense, strong writing and communication skills and willingness to learn the industry practices

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills and attention to detail

How we’ll support you

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (for example, screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.