Trainee Legal Graduate - Market Transactions

We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Trainee Legal Graduate to join our Global Markets Legal team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience supporting complex financial transactions while working alongside experienced legal professionals in a collaborative, cross-border environment., As a Trainee, you'll play a key role in supporting lawyers who advise on a wide range of financial products and transactions. From day one, you'll gain exposure to real legal work, develop your technical expertise, and build a strong foundation for a career in financial services law. You'll work closely with teams in both London and Paris, contributing to high-profile projects and learning how legal advice supports business decisions in a global organisation. What You'll Be Doing

• Assisting with the drafting, reviewing and negotiation of legal documents, including contracts and transaction documentation
• Supporting lawyers who advise internal teams such as sales, trading and structuring
• Conducting legal and regulatory research on financial markets topics
• Responding to day-to-day legal queries from business stakeholders
• Helping to maintain and improve standard legal templates and documentation
• Collaborating with colleagues across different teams and jurisdictions
  
  Educated to degree level in Law, or a non-law degree with postgraduate legal studies (e.g. SQE, LPC, LLM)
• Interested in developing a career in financial services or banking law
• Strong analytical thinkers with excellent research skills
• Clear communicators, both written and verbal
• Highly organised, with great attention to detail
• Collaborative and confident working with a variety of stakeholders
• Previous legal or paralegal experience is beneficial.
  
  People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like "hard work" and "dedication" together with "community" and "respect" has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.