Associate

Associate

Department: Litigation Employee type: Permanent Working designation for the role: Hybrid Full time / Part time: Full time

Location

Singapore

Hours of work per week: 40

We are seeking a highly experienced legal professional to advise a diverse client base that includes financial institutions, private credit providers, export credit agencies, leasing companies, asset owners, and Fortune 500 corporations.

The successful candidate will provide strategic counsel on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on complex, cross-border transactions and disputes. This role requires deep expertise in handling multi-jurisdictional competing security enforcement actions and restructuring matters, especially those arising from insolvency and distressed situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on corporate and commercial legal matters across multiple industries

• Manage and lead multi-jurisdictional security enforcement processes

• Provide strategic guidance on restructuring and insolvency-related matters

• Support clients in distressed scenarios, including debt workouts and recovery strategies

• Coordinate with international stakeholders and legal teams on cross-border issues

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to navigate complex, high-stakes legal environments.

• Key Skills & Experience

• A qualified lawyer with at least 2-4 years' post qualification experience with relevant asset finance experience in a well-regarded firm

• Undergraduate degree from a leading university and/or a relevant qualification in Law

• Excellent written communication and drafting skills

• The ability to interact and build relationships with people at all levels

• Commitment to excellent client service

• Strong international technical knowledge of the legal framework surrounding asset finance particularly in the fields of shipping and/or aviation, but with a willingness to work in both sectors (even where skills in one or the other may currently be more developed)

• Experience in advising banks and financial institutions in debt-financing and refinancing arrangements in shipping/aviation finance facilities

• Experience in advising on non-recourse and limited recourse project financings

• Intellectual curiosity and versatility

• Organized and detail-focused

• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of sector knowledge and commercial awareness with the ability to deliver creative and pragmatic solutions and advice

• Self-confident, proactive, pragmatic approach to tasks and projects

• Highly enthusiastic and self-motivated with the desire and ability to continuously acquire, build upon and share knowledge

• Ability to work well in both a team and individually with the ability to develop and work in a fast-paced, intellectually rigorous environment

• Desire to be proactively involved in business development and marketing with a view to handling networking and client contact from the outset

Location

Singapore

10 Collyer Quay, #18-01 Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore, 049315

Benefits

• Employee assistance programme

• Medical cover

• Retirement planning

• Annual leave entitlement

• Wellness Works

• As a global organisation operating across multiple jurisdictions, our employee benefits may vary by office and region. We are committed to providing competitive and fully compliant programs in every office, tailored to local legal requirements, tax frameworks, healthcare systems, and market practices.

• Although the structure of benefits may differ by location, our core principles remain constant: supporting employee wellbeing, fostering financial security, and enabling a healthy work–life balance for all colleagues worldwide.

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