Job Description

We aim to provide a positive experience to everyone who works here and our focus on financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits ensures that this experience goes beyond the nine-to-five.

We are committed to having a diverse team and actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and communities. We have a number of inclusion initiatives and employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and the ways in which we can celebrate. We promote:

• Culture
• Diversity
• Women
• Soft skills / awards (not just technical)
• Flexible working
• Career progression and opportunities
• Benefits
• Mental Health
• Mindful Business Charter
• Bonus incentives

What can you expect?

• An attractive, competitive salary and benefits package with excellent future prospects.
• A flexible and friendly working environment and a supportive team culture where we all look out for each other at all levels.
• Award winning state of the art technology and innovation including document automation and AI document review systems.
• Exposure to large and high profile local region, UK and international transactions.
• Extensive business development support and training giving you the chance to develop client relationships from early in your career.
• Access to our large network of professional support lawyers and firm wide and team education and training sessions and workshops.
• Regular engagement with senior lawyers and partners who genuinely care about your development and training.
• Secondment opportunities within our International offices and with clients.

We aim to provide a positive experience to everyone who works here. Therefore, we offer the following benefits:

• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Competitive employer matched pension contribution rate
• Annual Health and wellbeing subsidy
• One day per year to volunteer (as part of our CSR initiative)
• Buy/Sell holidays (up to 5 days each year)
• Mental health and wellbeing initiatives such as The Mindful Business Charter, Mental Health Champions and 1:1 session with an in-house professional
• Market leading talent referral bonus incentives
• Opt in private medical and private dental insurance
• Opt in annual health screening
• Voluntary critical illness cover
• Annual discretionary bonus plan

As part of our on-going growth strategy, we are looking for senior lawyer with a primary focus on leveraged finance representing banks, financial institutions, alternative / direct lenders, private equity sponsors, credit funds and investor companies.

This is a high performing, cohesive and busy team with excellent prospects for career development, and secondments, if you want them.

The team enjoy a rich variety of work that is not dependent on our colleagues in our excellent Private Equity Team. Whilst we work very collaboratively in a highly supportive environment, we are also autonomous, nimble, and hands on.

Good quality work, high quality people and a strong team ethos and commitment to continuous development underpin our culture.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified lawyer with knowledge and experience of leveraged finance and private equity backed transactions.
• You will also have knowledge of documenting and negotiating a range of leveraged finance debt facilities, preferably for both lenders and sponsors.
• You want to have an identity in a market-leading firm with credibility and gravitas.
• You want to build relationships with senior management and your wider colleagues, and have a real impact.