Structured Financial Instruments Lawyer (F/H) - 6-month fixed-term contract

Structured Financial Instruments Lawyer (F/H) - 6-month fixed-term contract

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group's financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A1, Fitch Ratings: A+, R&I: A+).

Job Description

You join the Debt Solutions team as a lawyer. In this context, you will be in charge of consulting at the front office of Natixis, located in France and abroad, and of legal documentation for:

• The setting up and monitoring of transactions in structured financial instruments (bonds, EMTNs, warrants, certificates, whether collateralized or not), issued by the institution or its subsidiaries or dedicated vehicles, within or outside its issuance programs;
• Mastery of the legal aspects of private placements and public offerings of securities mainly in Europe and Asia;
• The advice and negotiation of contracts relating to the marketing and distribution of these financial securities;
• The preparation and updating of structured debt issuance programs for Natixis and its subsidiaries and issuance vehicles;
• Monitoring and contribution to legal and regulatory work related to these securities.

On a daily basis, your missions are:

• The upstream relationship with operators as part of the design of operations, the structuring of new products and sometimes the underlying (e.g. proprietary index);
• The preparation and negotiation of securities issuance documentation (offer documents, mandates, issuance documentation );
• The development of models and participation in digital work, particularly in the context of automating the documentation of emissions; and
• The monitoring of applicable regulations and place practices.

You work in an international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact and collective action at the heart of everything they do. This position is based in Paris with the possibility of teleworking. As a Top Employer, we place our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training devices allow you to grow and flourish throughout your journey. You evolve in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative work environment. You also have the opportunity to commit yourself in favor of society and causes that are close to your heart through our corporate foundation. As a responsible employer and committed to building an inclusive work environment, we offer the same opportunities to talents from all backgrounds, regardless of their age, origin, sexual orientation, disability

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

About you: If you recognize yourself in the following description, you are made to work with us!

• With a higher education in French business and financial law, supplemented by a degree in Anglo-Saxon law, you have at least 1 year of experience in similar positions, more specifically in the field of debt securities issuance.
• You master:
• The legal and regulatory environment for issuing, offering, and placing financial securities;
• Stock market law and contract law;
• The practices of national authorities in France and Luxembourg with regard to public offerings of structured debt instruments;
• The rules for admission of financial securities to trading on regulated markets in France and Luxembourg.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, a very good ability to listen, you are:
• Curious;
• Agile;
• Pragmatic and organized.
• You master English with a C1 level.

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