Associate Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets
Nscale — London, England, United Kingdom · In-Person · Mid · $100k - $150k/yearly
Role description
Role Overview
We are hiring an Associate Legal Counsel (Debt Capital Markets) to support end-to-end financing strategy and execution across EMEA. This is a high-priority role at the intersection of Legal, Treasury, and regional leadership, with a functional reporting line to EMEA leadership.
What You Will Do
Support early scoping of financing strategies in partnership with Treasury. Partner with leadership to address financing needs at the outset of project planning. Provide early-stage financing strategy support for EMEA projects.
Why It Might Be a Fit
You will play a critical role in enabling successful financing outcomes by helping structure projects effectively from the outset, negotiating and closing transaction documents efficiently, and managing lender obligations with rigor throughout the life of each deal.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of relevant legal experience
- Experience in a market-leading project finance, real estate finance, or asset finance law firm practice and/or in-house at a reputable institution
- Exposure to a variety of debt products
- Ability to manage end-to-end financing transactions across structuring, diligence, negotiation, and closing
- Tech-fluent and eager to adopt new tools, including AI tools, PowerPoint, and Excel, to streamline legal execution
- Knowledge of data center and GPU financing is a significant advantage
- Strong attention to detail and a high standard of execution
- Commercial acumen and sound judgment in complex transactional environments
- Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity)
- Dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions
- Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first
- Equal Opportunities Statement: We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds