[Hiring] Banking & Finance Derivatives Counsel @Axiom Talent Platform

Role Description

Axiom Law is looking for accomplished Banking, Finance & Derivatives Lawyers to join our network and partner with leading clients across the financial services sector. In this role, you will advise on a diverse portfolio of complex financing and financial markets matters, including:

• Corporate and structured lending
• Treasury and liquidity management
• OTC derivatives
• ISDA documentation
• Evolving financial regulatory requirements

You will work alongside banks, investment firms, asset managers, multinational corporates, and other market participants on sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions, delivering commercially focused legal solutions in fast-paced, high-value environments.

Responsibilities:

• Advise clients on a broad range of banking, finance, treasury, and derivatives matters, delivering commercially focused legal guidance across lending, structured finance, cross-border transactions, financial markets, and risk management activities.
• Prepare, review, negotiate, and manage complex financing and trading documentation, including loan agreements, security arrangements, ISDA documentation, collateral agreements, guarantees, and other transaction documents.
• Lead and support negotiations with financial institutions, corporate borrowers, lenders, investors, and counterparties to facilitate financing transactions, derivatives arrangements, and strategic commercial outcomes.
• Provide legal and regulatory advice on issues affecting banking, lending, treasury, and derivatives businesses, ensuring compliance while balancing commercial objectives and legal risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders—including legal, treasury, finance, risk, compliance, trading, operations, and external advisers—to support transaction execution, regulatory initiatives, and business-critical projects.
• Assess legal, regulatory, and commercial risks across complex transactions, offering practical, solutions-oriented advice to enable timely decision-making in dynamic financial services environments.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Australia with substantial experience in banking and finance, derivatives, financial markets, or a combination of these practice areas.
• Proven experience advising on complex financing and financial markets matters, including lending, structured and acquisition finance, treasury, cross-border transactions, OTC derivatives, ISDA documentation, and related financial products.
• Strong technical drafting and negotiation skills, with experience preparing and negotiating a broad range of finance and trading documentation, including loan agreements, LMA documentation, security and collateral arrangements, guarantees, and ISDA documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to advise financial institutions, investment firms, corporates, and other market participants while delivering commercially focused legal solutions, supported by excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Australia with substantial experience in banking and finance, derivatives, financial markets, or a combination of these practice areas.
• Proven experience advising on complex financing and financial markets matters, including lending, structured and acquisition finance, treasury, cross-border transactions, OTC derivatives, ISDA documentation, and related financial products.
• Strong technical drafting and negotiation skills, with experience preparing and negotiating a broad range of finance and trading documentation, including loan agreements, LMA documentation, security and collateral arrangements, guarantees, and ISDA documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to advise financial institutions, investment firms, corporates, and other market participants while delivering commercially focused legal solutions, supported by excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace.
• Health benefits, pension, and more.
• Access to professional development resources and learning and development programs.
• Predominantly remote work, with some clients requiring on-site presence.