Counsel – Private Sector Investment Operations & Treasury Operations  

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow in Asia and beyondinfrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 110 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients’ needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled, and promotes regional connectivity.

The Counsel will be responsible for providing legal and policy advice to support AIIB’s private-sector investment operations, including with respect to structuring, negotiating, and implementing investments across a wide range of products, as well as ensuring that such investments are in compliance with the Bank’s applicable policies and legal framework. These investment products include project financing, corporate loans and other loan products, direct equity and private equity investments, capital markets investments, guarantees, syndications instruments, and other financing products.

Responsibilities:

• Advise on the structuring and execution of private-sector investment transactions, including the selection and oversight of external legal counsel, negotiation of legal documentation, coordination of signings and closings, and support with legal aspects of post-investment monitoring.
• Collaborate with other multilateral development banks and development partners to support co-financing arrangements and promote alignment in legal approaches for private-sector operations.
• Work closely with investment operations teams to help identify legal and regulatory risks and contribute to the delivery of integrated legal support across the transaction lifecycle.
• Contribute to the legal review of AIIB’s investments to ensure alignment with environmental, social, and other institutional policy requirements.
• Assist in developing and updating legal document templates to ensure adherence to best practices and applicable law and to define and reflect relevant AIIB standards and policies.
• Conduct legal research, draft and present on legal issues, and draft and negotiate legal texts.
• Identify opportunities to streamline legal processes, with an eye toward efficiency and simplification of processes, while working within AIIB’s internal legal framework.
• Demonstrate sound judgment in legal analysis and be accountable for assigned work, while supporting knowledge initiatives and contributing to the interpretation and application of internal policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant post-qualification practice experience, at least part of which was spent preferably at a top-tier international law firm.
• Excellent command of English, including drafting and negotiating legal documents in English.
• Ability to negotiate complex legal documents with a wide variety of counterparties.
• Experience in working collaboratively in a cross-cultural environment.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent legal drafting and legal advisory capabilities.
• Intellectual leadership and strong interpersonal, diplomatic, and partnership skills.
• Ability to innovate while mitigating legal risk.
• Superior level of resourcefulness and ability to work autonomously.
• Strong communication skills, including speaking persuasively and presenting ideas clearly.
• A law degree from a leading university (J.D., LLM, or equivalent) and qualified to practice law in at least one jurisdiction. Candidates from civil law jurisdictions would ideally have a postgraduate law degree from an institution in a common law jurisdiction.

AIIB is committed to diversity, transparency, and inclusion. We believe our strength comes from having a team with the right diverse skills, experiences and abilities selected through a merit-based competitive process. We actively encourage applications from people from both within and outside AIIB members, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, race, disability, or sexual orientation

Join us and help create a prosperous and sustainable Asia while growing your career in a diverse and innovative environment.

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