Infrastructure and Energy - Credit Structurer (Qualified Lawyer)

Job Title Infrastructure and Energy - Credit Structurer (Qualified Lawyer)

 Location London

Corporate Title Associate

European Credit Structuring is a cross product structuring team, working alongside Deutsche Bank’s market leading Global Credit Financing & Solutions (GCFS) business. The team comprises product specific specialists from a broad range of professional backgrounds, working along-side traders to execute transactions of a particularly complex and structured nature.

Members of the structuring team are aligned with GCFS business units, including Transportation, Infrastructure & Energy, Direct Lending, Asset Backed Securities and Credit Solutions. They are expected to participate in the origination, structuring and execution of non-standard transactions.

You will be expected to contribute to the full deal lifecycle, develop broad financing expertise and deep sector knowledge. Over the course of time, you will grow into a well-rounded credit structurer.

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 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

• Analysing complex deal structures from a legal, tax and regulatory perspective

• Drafting, negotiating and finalising high level terms, termsheets, commitment and mandate letters

• Supporting deal execution, liaising with clients and external advisors (including technical and legal advisors) to ensure a smooth and well organised transaction process including the negotiation and finalisation of transaction documentation

• Co-ordinating internal approvals and managing deal Q&A with internal stakeholders

• Identifying and developing solutions to eliminate or mitigate risks which arise at deal or industry level

Your skills and experience

• English law qualified lawyer, with commercial acumen or equivalent qualification and/or work experience

• Experience structuring and executing financing transactions, including Infrastructure and/or Project Financings

• Proven execution skills, complex deal understanding and structuring capabilities

• Strong analytical approach combined with creative problem-solving abilities, high levels of initiative and ingenuity, high pro-activity levels and drive

• Effective organisational skills - the ability to manage multiple client projects simultaneously

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to convey ideas effectively

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• 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 (e.g. 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 The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six 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.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [email protected] to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

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.