Legal Transaction Associate

**Vacancy Name**
- Legal Transaction Associate (Singapore)

**Vacancy No**
- VN134

**Employment Type**
- Full-Time

**Location**
- Singapore

**Job Details**
- volon is one of the leading global aircraft leasing firms providing lease and lease management services to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide. Our leadership team are an experienced and respected team with a proven track record in our industry. At Avolon, we are passionate about what we do and more importantly, how we do it. We boldly use our values of Transparency, Respect, Insightfulness, Bravery and Ebullience (TRIBE) to inform how we interact professionally and personally every day. This is what sets Avolon apart as a great place to work.
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**The Role**:
Avolon is appointing a Transaction Associate to our Singapore office. This person will work under the direction of a Head of Transaction Legal APAC while at Avolon for the purpose of executing tasks and responsibilities listed below.**Role Responsibilities**:

- Assisting and supporting the transaction lawyers in project managing transactions through documentation phase to contract signature and closing.
- Actively participating in and managing transaction closings, including document execution processes and completion of all relevant conditions precedent.
- Ensuring that all documentation is completed to meet deadlines and in accordance with Avolon standards and guidelines.
- Assisting with the preparation of ancillary documentation, such as lease amendments and side letters (based on our house templates/precedent documents), conditions precedent and corporate approvals.
- Liaising where necessary with airlines, banks, aircraft buyers and sellers, manufacturers, and maintenance providers.
- Co-ordinating and managing input from technical, credit, finance, and commercial departments in due diligence processes in aircraft trading transactions.
- Appointing and liaising with external legal counsel in all relevant jurisdictions.
- Liaising with corporate service providers in various jurisdictions to establish and manage special purpose companies.
- General administrative support, where required (e.g., collation of signature pages, arranging board meetings, preparing transaction bibles, saving down documents, updating internal reports, and coordinating billing arrangements with service providers).

**The Person**:

- You will be driven, focussed, and resourceful as well as being an excellent relationship builder with an innate ability to work collaboratively with members of the TRIBE.
- You will always act with integrity and model your own behaviour to the highest standard.
- You will represent Avolon in a transparent and honest manner, setting a strong example for others to follow.
- You will be able to articulate complex concepts and put forward compelling arguments and rationales to all levels and audiences within Avolon and the industry.

**Essential Skills and Experience**:

- Relevant degree/studies or equivalent experience.
- At least two years’ experience working in a business or corporate environment.
- Experience in drafting and/or reviewing legal documents (preferable).
- Commercial acumen and good attention to detail.
- Previous experience of managing multiple relationships.
- Extremely organised, efficient, and able to manage a busy workload.
- Self-motivated and keen to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to work under own initiative and take ownership of area of responsibility.
- Excellent transaction and project management skills.

**What else do you need to know?**-
**_Avolon is an equal opportunities employer, which cultivates opinion, listens to all views with respect, recognises people based on their merits without bias and embraces diversity._