We are recruiting for an Associate to join our Banking team in London. We’re ambitious and continuing to expand, with expertise across each of our UK offices. We provide expert and commercial advice in all areas of general corporate lending (including acquisition finance), real estate finance and renewables finance. We have the capacity to deal with all instructions, from the largest cross border syndicated transactions through to lower level strategically important bilateral lending.

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• To be considered for this role, you will be an NQ-3PQE Solicitor, with experience in banking and finance matters
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
• Commercially aware with enthusiasm for business development, and an appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus
• Understand your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client
• Ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture

The focus of our banking team is acting lender side on transactions including acting for all of the UK clearing banks, the so-called challenger banks and investment funds. The team also advises many of the firm’s corporate and real estate clients who are undertaking transactions in the debt markets.
The team is supported by highly regarded experts in restructuring and insolvency, property, employment and licensing, all with significant experience and understanding of the way in which lending institutions operate. We pride ourselves on understanding the needs of our clients, listening to them and then providing clear, straightforward commercially pragmatic advice that offers a real solution.

In the role of Associate, you can expect to:

• Manage your own transactions for a variety of clients
• Support with larger transactions using project and time management techniques to ensure effective management of resource and achievement of results
• Participate in business development opportunities, build and help to strengthen relationships with our clients
• Provide an excellent service to our clients by working closely with colleagues from across the UK in both the Banking team and other specialisms