Banking & Finance Trainee - Finance

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.
About the Practice Group

Latham’s Banking & Finance practice advises leading financial institutions, private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and other market participants on a broad range of sophisticated financing transactions. Our global platform and extensive experience across the world’s major financial markets enable us to assemble integrated teams to advise clients on domestic and cross-border matters, including acquisition finance, leveraged finance, corporate lending, and other complex financing transactions.Working closely with colleagues across practices and jurisdictions, our lawyers combine deep legal knowledge with a commercial and solution-oriented approach to help clients navigate increasingly complex financing structures and evolving market conditions. The team regularly works on high-profile transactions requiring close collaboration across Latham’s global network and providing exposure to a broad range of industries, clients, and financing structures.
About the Role

The Milan office of Latham & Watkins is looking for a recent law graduate with a strong interest in developing their professional career in an international legal environment, for a position as Trainee within the Banking & Finance department. The Banking & Finance department advises leading financial institutions, private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and other market participants on a broad range of domestic and international financing transactions, including acquisition finance, leveraged finance, corporate lending, and other complex financing arrangements, often characterized by a significant cross-border dimension. Working in collaboration with a team of professionals, the trainee will be actively involved in the department's main activities, including: - Supporting legal research activities and the preparation of memoranda and legal opinions on banking, finance, and related commercial law matters; - Participating in due diligence activities - Assisting in the drafting and review of finance and contractual documentation in Italian and English, including loan and financing agreements, security documentation, and other transaction-related documentation; - Supporting the team's professionals in managing the various phases of domestic and international financing transactions; - Monitoring and analyzing regulatory and case-law developments relevant to the department's activities. The ideal candidate has a brilliant academic record, with a degree grade indicatively equal to or higher than 105/110, strong motivation to pursue the legal profession, and a solid foundation in civil and commercial law, with a strong interest in banking and finance law. Excellent knowledge of the English language, both written and spoken, is required as well as perfect knowledge of the Italian language; any study or work experience abroad will be considered a plus. The profile is completed by strong interpersonal and communication skills, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and an aptitude for teamwork in an international and highly qualified environment. L’ufficio di Milano di Latham & Watkins è alla ricerca di una/un neolaureata/o in Giurisprudenza con un forte interesse a intraprendere un percorso professionale in un contesto legale internazionale, per un inserimento come Praticante Avvocato / Legal Trainee all’interno del dipartimento Banking & Finance.Il dipartimento Finance assiste primarie istituzioni finanziarie, fondi di investimento, sponsor finanziari e gruppi industriali italiani e internazionali nell’ambito di operazioni di finanziamento nazionali e cross-border. Il team presta consulenza su un’ampia gamma di operazioni, tra cui acquisition finance, leveraged finance, corporate lending, real estate finance, project finance, debt restructuring e altre operazioni di finanza strutturata, lavorando regolarmente su alcune delle transazioni più complesse e significative del mercato. In collaborazione con un team di professionisti, il/la praticante sarà coinvolto/a attivamente nelle principali attività del dipartimento, tra cui: - supporto alle attività di ricerca giuridica e alla predisposizione di memorandum e pareri legali in materia bancaria e finanziaria; - assistenza nella redazione, revisione e negoziazione di documentazione contrattuale e finanziaria in lingua italiana e inglese; - partecipazione alla strutturazione e gestione di operazioni di finanziamento nazionali e cross-border; - supporto nelle attività di due diligence legale. - collaborazione con professionisti di diverse practice e giurisdizioni nelle varie fasi delle operazioni; - monitoraggio e analisi degli sviluppi normativi e giurisprudenziali rilevanti per le attività del dipartimento. Il candidato ideale presenta un brillante percorso accademico, con una votazione di laurea indicativamente pari o superiore a 105/110, una forte motivazione a intraprendere la professione forense e solide basi di diritto civile e commerciale. È richiesta un’eccellente conoscenza della lingua inglese, sia scritta che parlata; eventuali esperienze di studio o lavoro all’estero saranno considerate un plus. Completano il profilo spiccate capacità relazionali e comunicative, curiosità intellettuale, attenzione al dettaglio e predisposizione al lavoro in team in un contesto internazionale e altamente qualificato.
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