Senior Manager – Legal Counsel specialisting in Asset Finance

Senior Manager Legal Counsel – Asset Finance

• Salary: Competitive per annum
• Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
• Location: Hybrid – 3 days a week at our VHQ, Crawley
• Contract: Permanent
• Closing Date: 20 July 2025

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic, we’re on a mission to create brilliantly different journeys – not just for our customers, but for our people too. As we continue to evolve our fleet and financing strategy, we’re looking for a commercially astute legal professional to play a key role in shaping the future of our airline.

As Senior Manager Legal Counsel – Asset Finance, you’ll lead on high-value, complex legal matters across aircraft financing, leasing, and corporate treasury. Whether you're already in-house or currently at a leading firm and ready to make your first industry move, this is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise in a fast-moving business with purpose, heart, and ambition.

Day to day

• Lead legal support for aircraft and engine financing, leasing, redelivery, and disposal.
• Advise on banking and treasury matters including credit facilities, hedging, and security structures.
• Negotiate with banks, lessors, OEMs, and external counsel to secure commercially-sound outcomes.
• Support corporate strategy across joint ventures, restructurings, and cross-border transactions.
• Act as a strategic advisor on legal risk related to fleet and finance decisions.
• Collaborate across Virgin Atlantic’s legal function, flexing into commercial or corporate projects where needed.

About you

• Qualified solicitor (UK or equivalent), with a strong academic background.
• 6+ years’ post-qualification experience in a top-tier law firm or in-house role, ideally within aviation, asset finance, or banking.
• Deep understanding of finance law and commercial contract negotiation.
• Skilled in structuring and executing complex transactions with multiple stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset.
• Confident communicator, able to influence at senior and executive levels.
• Professional and composed under pressure, with excellent drafting accuracy and attention to detail.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with a strong sense of commercial judgement.

If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and contribute to the success of Virgin Atlantic, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and join our team!

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Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

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