Transaction Legal Counsel

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and commercially astute Transaction Legal Counsel to join our legal team supporting a dynamic and growing aviation trading, leasing, and finance business. This role will be central in managing, negotiating, and executing aircraft sale, lease, and financing transactions across a global portfolio. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring legal compliance, risk mitigation, and transactional efficiency in a fast-paced commercial environment.

Key Responsibilities

Transaction Management and Documentation:

• Lead the legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of aircraft sale, lease, purchase, novation, and financing transactions
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of aviation-related legal documents, including aircraft lease agreements, purchase and sale agreements (PSAs), bills of sale, security documents, side letters, and conditions precedent
• Provide legal oversight and lead the legal angle through the full transaction lifecycle: from LOI/MOU through closing and post-closing matters
• Coordinate with internal commercial, technical, risk, and finance teams to ensure alignment across all deal aspects
• Lead and manage transaction closings from legal perspective

Legal Advisory and Risk Management:

• Advise the commercial and management teams on legal risks and implications of proposed transactions, structures, and jurisdictional requirements
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments in aviation, leasing, and finance sectors globally, implement best practices in various transaction paperwork
• Support compliance with export controls, sanctions regimes, and jurisdiction-specific aviation regulations
• Ensure proper legal due diligence is undertaken, including corporate authority, lien checks, KYC, and sanctions screening

External Counsel and Stakeholder Coordination:

• Manage external legal counsel efficiently on complex transactions or litigation matters, ensuring quality, cost control, and timeliness
• Liaise with lessees, OEMs, financiers, insurers, and government authorities as needed for any relevant legal matters
• Participate in cross-functional projects and internal legal initiatives to improve legal processes and transaction execution

Candidate Profile

Qualifications:

• Qualified lawyer (common law or civil law jurisdiction) with no less than 3 years post-qualification experience
• Strong academic background in law (LLB or JD; LLM an advantage)

Experience:

• Proven track record of working on aviation leasing, trading, or aircraft finance transactions (e.g., ABS, PDP, warehouse financing, JOLCO)
• Experience with cross-border commercial transactions and familiarity with Cape Town Convention, FAA, EASA, or relevant aviation regulatory regimes
• Background in either an aviation focused law firm, airline, aircraft lessor, aviation financier, or OEM preferred

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent legal drafting and negotiation skills, with a keen risk and consistency sensibility
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and deadlines with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; collaborative team player
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and multicultural global business environment
• Willingness to travel occasionally for transaction closings or stakeholder meetings

We Offer:

• A supportive, diverse and diverse positive team of professionals
• Exciting challenges and career growth opportunities
• Competitive starting salary
• Remote-first work environment if you are located outside Bulgaria
  ... and more!

Interview Process

• Intro Call with HR (30 mins)
• Online Interview with Direct Manager & HR (up to 1 hour)
• Final Interview with Senior Leadership (40 - 60 min)

Ready to take off with us?

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