Associate (Ship Finance)

What we will offer:
We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

Team Structure:
This role is working within our Shipping and Offshore Finance team.

Stephenson Harwood has been established in Asia since 1979. We have a leading shipping and offshore finance practice. Our award-winning shipping and offshore finance team is one of the largest in Asia and ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific and Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Main Responsibilities:
As a junior/mid-level associate within the team, the role will involve a broad range of marine asset finance, general banking and project finance transactions for our clients across the region including Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Working alongside a team of highly experienced and commercially astute partners and colleagues, you will have the opportunity to work on market-leading, high-profile deals. You will be involved in drafting and reviewing of financing or leasing documentation, negotiating the terms of transaction documents, legal research, and supporting in the management of client files and relationships.

As well as your technical rigour, the successful applicant will thrive on a busy and successful working environment. They will want to be a part of a practice that encourages participation in business development events, and who is able to build strong working relationships with clients and colleagues alike.

Attributes/Skills Required:

- Qualified in either Singapore, England & Wales or any other common law jurisdiction,
- Up to 4 years post-qualification experience
- Finance experience is important - ie. asset, project and/or banking finance experience, ideally gained at a leading Singapore, UK or US firm.
- Strong academic credentials are expected
- Able to develop informal internal and external network of contacts
- An intellectually curious, lateral thinker who can work independently, is highly organised, and resilient
- Accuracy and attention to detail, with demonstrable good housekeeping and file management practices
- A proven team player, exhibiting cooperation, collaboration and using one's initiative
- Excellent numerical and communication skills with demonstrated commercial awareness

Post-qualification experience is assumed to commence two years after the commencement of formal training contract or equivalent.

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs.

About the Firm:
With 8 offices worldwide and with our headquarters based in London, Stephenson Harwood is a law firm where our people are committed to achieving the goals of our clients - listed and private companies, institutions and individuals across the globe. Our mix of expertise and culture results in a combination of deep local insight and the capability to provide a seamless international service.

Our experience encompasses corporate, commercial litigation and arbitration, employment, pensions and private wealth, finance, marine and international trade, and real estate and projects.

We assemble teams of bright thinkers to match our clients' needs and give the right advice from the right person at the right time. Dedicating the highest calibre of legal talent to overcome the most complex issues, we deliver pragmatic, expert advice that is set squarely in the real world.