About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team:

Join a dynamic in-house legal team within S&P Global Ratings, renowned for its collaborative and supportive culture. Our team is dedicated to providing exceptional legal counsel that supports our Ratings analysts across all practices, but primarily on structured finance and project finance transactions across Europe. We value partnership, professional growth, and a commitment to excellence in all our endeavors.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Conduct comprehensive reviews of transaction-level legal structures and related legal opinions, ensuring adherence to S&P Global Ratings’ legal criteria.
• Provide expert legal counseling to Ratings analysts on emerging legal issues in structured and project finance.
• Analyze and interpret relevant laws and regulations, keeping analysts informed on legal developments that impact their analysis.
• Counsel Compliance, Risk, and other control functions on compliance with laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Prepare and conduct internal legal training sessions for ratings analysts.
• Review and revise legal-related criteria as requested by analysts.
• Offer general legal counseling and participate in ad-hoc projects supporting S&P Global Ratings’ business activities.
• Counsel S&P Global Ratings’ personnel on external engagements, presentations, and publications.
• Lead highly visible multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives, influencing stakeholders internally and externally to support key initiatives.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Admitted to practice law in a relevant European jurisdiction; candidates from other jurisdictions with relevant experience will also be considered.
• An S&P Global Employee at this level would typically have a minimum of six (6) years’ post-qualification experience in structured finance and/or project finance as a lawyer in a major law firm or corporation.
• Experience drafting and/or reviewing ISDA derivative documentation.
• Familiarity with cross-border/conflicts of law issues in structured finance and/or project finance transactions.
• An understanding of the varied role of key participants in structured finance and/or project finance transactions
• Ability to quickly grasp complex legal and analytical concepts, applying sound legal judgment with minimal supervision, including with respect to innovative structures and/or transactions in new and untested jurisdictions.
• Well-developed emotional intelligence; superior interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to assess and respond appropriately to emotionally challenging situations.
• Self-motivated and well-organized with the ability to handle multiple, high-priority projects while attending to details; able to prioritize tasks and work well under pressure
• Hands-on, energetic, intellectually curious
• Professional and collegial demeanor, a team player, ability to work effectively and collaboratively with in-house colleagues, internal stakeholders and external parties
• Excellent presentation, writing, and analytical skills.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrates strategic thinking and identifies opportunities for growth and innovation, influencing multiple teams to contribute.
• Familiarity with S&P Global Ratings’ legal criteria for structured finance transactions and/or S&P Global Ratings’ criteria for project finance transactions

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Inclusive Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.