Responsibilities:

• Assist in the structuring of transactions, select and manage external legal counsel, draft and negotiate transaction documents, handle signings and closings and assist with the legal aspects of project monitoring.
• Assist in carrying out AIIB’s policy mandate in the context of AIIB’s investments, e.g., with a view to ensuring compliance with AIIB’s environmental standards and other policy requirements.
• Assist in the development of specimen legal agreements of AIIB.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other multilateral development banks and development partners to further AIIB’s investment operations work.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5-8 years (for Counsel) and 8-10 years (for Senior Counsel) of postqualification practice experience, at least part of which at a top-tier international law firm.
• Admission to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• Relevant professional experience with English law-governed financing agreements in one or more of the following fields:

       Cross-border lending transactions involving taking of security.

       Cross-border private equity investments.

       Cross-border capital markets transactions.

• Ideally, experience working in or with multilateral development banks.
• Excellent command of English, including drafting and negotiating legal documents in English.
• Ability and resourcefulness to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Experience in working collaboratively in a cross-cultural environment.
• A law degree from a leading university; candidates from civil law jurisdictions would ideally have a postgraduate law degree from a common law jurisdiction.

Previous experience and qualifications will determine the employee level at which an applicant will enter AIIB.