Debt Capital Markets Senior Associate

The Debt Capital Markets Group is a leader in the Irish market with an extensive record in debt capital markets and structured products. The DCM Group is led by seven partners, making it one of the largest in the Irish market. The successful candidate will join an experienced team of lawyers who work collaboratively on some of the most complex mandates in the market.

The Debt Capital Markets Group acts for Irish and international issuers, originators, lead managers, arrangers, rating agencies and trustees on some of the most complex debt capital market issuances and structured finance matters globally, including:

• Loan portfolio disposals
• Public market and retained residential mortgage backed securitisations (bank and non-bank)
• Non-performing loan portfolio securitisations
• Synthetic securitisations
• SRT transactions
• CLOs
• Loan originator platforms
• Regulatory capital issuances
• High Yield debt issuances
• Eurobond issuances
• Debt programmes and private placements
• Structured debt issuances
• Green bond issuances
• Financial markets infrastructure
• Bridge and warehouse financing
• Securitisation take-outs
• Regulatory issues, including the Securitisation Regulation, Market Abuse Regulation, Transparency Directive, Prospectus Regulation and other securities law obligations

• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and ambitious with 4+ years PQE as a debt capital markets lawyer in a corporate law firm or in-house and will have demonstrable experience working on debt capital markets transactions
• The ideal candidate will have strong academic credentials, strong analytical, technical and drafting skills, and high levels of commercial and business awareness
• The candidate will be able to work independently and also as part of a team, have excellent communication skills and possess the ability to manage competing demands and deadlines

• A competitive remuneration package
• Access to the firm's marquee training and development programmes, delivered through the ALG School of Business and Law
• Discretionary performance bonus
• Pension and health insurance contribution, wellbeing contribution, life assurance, subsidised gym, restaurant and coffee shop
• Hybrid working policy

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with five international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco. There are currently 120 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base. ALG is recognised as a leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with multiple Band 1 rankings, and is ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2024. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

A sample of recent awards includes: Company of the Year (National Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2025), #1 M&A legal advisor in Ireland by Mergermarket (2024), Best Client Service Award (Lawyer European Awards), Future of Legal Services Innovation Award (2024), Investors in Diversity Silver Mark (2024), Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law (2024, 13 consecutive years), Law firm of the year – Republic of Ireland 2023, Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023, top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023, Best client support 2023, and Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023.

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in developing its service to clients and internally to its business through new processes, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.

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