Requirements:

• 4-8 years of working as a lawyer (with a law firm acting as legal counsel) or as an investment professional (investment banker / private equity professional) on both private equity/M&A and financing deals
• Understanding of risks and rewards matrix (both from commercial and legal, regulatory perspective) for a bank as principal in PE and financing deals as well as ways to mitigate risks through transaction structuring and documentation provisions
• Experience of preparing private equity/M&A and financing deals termsheets, understanding commonly used structures, accounting, regulatory and tax implications
• Perfect understanding and wealth of experience negotiating SHA, SPA, disclosure letters, LMA loan documentations. A combination of corporate and finance lawyers skills is preferred
• Ability to lead a deal in all project management and execution aspects (including selecting and working with professional advisors)
• Experience of preparation for and presenting at project/investment/credit committees at a large organization
• Preference towards significant experience with negotiating (English Law) transaction documentation
• Understanding of relevant Russian law provisions with regards to private equity and financing deals is a plus
• Native/Fluent English and Russian is a must

Responsibilities:

• Structuring of all elements of private equity and debt financing transactions, focusing predominantly on private equity
• Termsheets preparation and negotiation
• Preparing materials and taking the project through internal approval processes such as credit committee and the Management Board (does not include economic analysis and modeling/commercial rationale)
• Selection of legal and other advisors
• Overlooking legal and other due diligence processes
• Negotiating transaction documents
• Managing general transaction process
• Transaction closing, including looking after conditions precedents and conditions subsequent