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Ana Bettina Mendoza

@anabettinamendoza

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In-house secured finance lawyer with post-qualified experience in lending and derivatives documentation.

Singapore

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What I'm looking for

I seek an in-house transactional role focused on secured lending or derivatives, with collaborative culture, clear processes, mentorship opportunities, and meaningful deal exposure.

I am an in-house secured finance lawyer with post-qualified experience reviewing, negotiating and amending loan market agreement (LMA) documents and derivatives documentation, and supporting deal closings with investment and closing teams. I have built and maintained legal databases and templates, led counterparty onboarding calls, and supported quality assurance and training for junior lawyers.

My background includes paralegal and document review roles at several London firms and a CFA Investment Management Certificate, reflecting strong commercial awareness and attention to detail. I am collaborative, process-oriented, and experienced in managing documentation workflows across internal and external stakeholders to deliver transaction-ready documents.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lawyer

Insight Investment

Sep 2017 - Oct 2022 (5 years 1 month)

Reviewed and negotiated Loan Market Association (LMA) and derivatives documentation, managed counterparty onboarding and coordinated with investment and closing teams to resolve documentation matters across secured finance deals.

Loan Market Association (LMA)Secured Finance Legal Research Due Diligence Contract Drafting

Trainee Solicitor

Insight Investment

Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 (2 years)

Drafted, reviewed and negotiated NDAs, hold harmless and non-reliance letters, maintained a template database for in-house use, and delivered NDA review training and quality checks for the legal team.

NDA Template Management Training Delivery Quality Assurance Contract Review

Legal Associate

Insight Investment

Sep 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year)

Supported senior lawyers in drafting and negotiating derivatives documentation, maintained legal databases and led weekly onboarding calls with counterparty banks.

Derivatives Database Management Onboarding Stakeholder Management Conference Calls Document Review Information Management

Temporary Paralegal

UnitedLex

Mar 2017 - Aug 2017 (5 months)

Reviewed documents on Relativity for relevance, privilege and issue tagging, and conducted privilege sweeps, quality checks, validations and redactions for e-discovery projects.

Document Review Privilege Review Redactions Quality Assurance Validation

Temporary Paralegal

Holman Fenwick Willan

Jul 2017 - Jul 2017 (0 months)

Performed first-pass document reviews and prepared descriptive summaries during a three-week document review project.

Document Review First Pass Review Legal Documentation Attention To Detail

Temporary Paralegal

Epiq Systems

Jan 2017 - Jan 2017 (0 months)

Reviewed documents on DocuMatrix for relevance, privilege and issue tagging during a two-week review project.

DocuMatrix Document Review Privilege Analysis Documatrix

Paralegal

Linklaters

Mar 2016 - Dec 2016 (9 months)

Conducted witness interview summaries, performed electronic document reviews on Relativity and Clearwell, completed QA checks, redactions and assisted corporate teams with data room preparation.

Witness Interviewing Document Review Redactions Quality Assurance Data Room Preparation Indexing

Vacation Scheme Participant

Trowers & Hamlins

Jun 2016 - Jul 2016 (1 month)

Reviewed a commercial lease and land registry documents, drafted summary notes and extracted information for form completion during a two-week vacation scheme.

Legal Research Land Registry Attention To Detail Property Law

Vacation Scheme Participant

Hill Dickinson

Jun 2015 - Jun 2015 (0 months)

Completed a one-week vacation scheme in the commodities department, reviewed a case and drafted a mock client advice letter.

Client Advice Drafting Legal Analysis Research

Marketing Executive

Contact Singapore

Oct 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 7 months)

Oversaw online marketing, social media campaigns and event planning, and represented Singapore-based employers at UK events to promote career opportunities.