Ciara M.-Legal Analyst | Legal Operations & Transaction Support | Capital Markets | Legal AI & Document Intelligence
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Experience
Legal Analyst
Latham & Watkins LLP
- Researched, drafted and revised Offering Memorandum sections for high-yield debt offerings, including Business, Risk Factors, Industry, Regulation and ESG; synthesised company materials, comparable disclosures and external research for senior-lawyer review.
- Prepared due diligence request lists, coordinated document provision and data-room administration, and reviewed materials for red flags. Reported findings and escalated issues orally in internal deal-team meetings and calls.
- Coordinated disclosure back-up and verification, checking evidence for disclosure statements and pursuing gaps and inconsistencies with clients/issuers, banks' counsel, auditors and other transaction parties.
- Managed open-items lists, written follow-up and transaction deadlines; jointly led client calls with senior lawyers and associates to clarify information and agree actions.
- Coordinated review comments and successive document versions, incorporating specialist tax and regulatory input; checked consistency across Offering Memoranda, ratings and roadshow materials.
Freelance Legal and Financial Translator
Self-employed
- Delivered specialist German-to-English legal and financial translation, revision and editing for law firms, investment banks and in-house teams, including prospectuses, regulatory filings and corporate documentation.
- Managed assignments independently and remotely, using close source-to-target analysis, terminology research and careful revision. Thirteen years of freelance practice, with further translation and revision experience in law-firm roles.
Paralegal
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Supported capital markets, competition and merger-related matters through legal research, transaction drafting and analysis of complex multilingual documentation.
- Contributed to debt and equity listings, international regulatory filings and merger control filings, working accurately to demanding deadlines.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance and Professional Services.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Legal and Finance.
Summary
UK-educated legal analyst and paralegal with extensive cross-border capital-markets experience and nearly five years at Latham & Watkins LLP. Legal Operations capability combines disclosure drafting and verification, documentary due diligence, document management and transaction coordination within senior-lawyer-led teams. Legal AI and document intelligence are developing complementary capabilities.
Skills
Legal Operations
Transaction Support
Project Support
Debt Capital Markets
Disclosure Drafting And Verification
Legal Writing
Legal And Regulatory Research
Documentary Due Diligence
Document Review
Red Flags
Source/Evidence Checking
Document Management
Version Management
Data Rooms
Open-Items And Timelines
Microsoft Office Suite
Office & Dragons
Contract Companion
Sdl Trados Studio
Perfect Information
Octus (Reorg)
Debtwire
Lexisnexis
Languages
Education
University College, University of Oxford
BA Hons · Law · Oxford, United Kingdom
Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London
LL.M. · London, United Kingdom
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
Frequently asked questions
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Ciara is based in Maintal, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Ciara speaks the following languages: English (Native), German (Advanced), French (Elementary).
Ciara has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Ciara has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 9 years and 7 months. Note that Ciara may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Ciara would be well-suited for roles such as: Legal Analyst, Freelance Legal and Financial Translator, Paralegal.
Ciara's most recent position is Legal Analyst at Latham & Watkins LLP.
In recent years, Ciara has worked for Latham & Watkins LLP.
Ciara is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance and Professional Services.
Ciara is most experienced in business areas like Legal and Finance.
Ciara has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance and Professional Services.
Ciara has recently worked in business areas like Legal.
Ciara holds a Master from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London and a Bachelor in Law from University College, University of Oxford.
Ciara will be available part-time from November 2026.
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