Leveraged Finance Lawyer, Associate/VP

BUSINESS UNIT AND ROLE OVERVIEW

Our client is seeking an experienced debt financing lawyer to join the legal team servicing the bank’s credit finance businesses in EMEA with a key role in coverage of loan origination. The successful candidate will work in the firm’s legal department with a high level of interaction with credit finance and other relevant business and non-business areas involved in the bank loans business. The role will be overseen by two senior lawyers and assistance provided by a team of trainee solicitors on secondment.

The legal team is expected to be pro-active in guiding the business areas on legal matters and substantial transactional involvement will be a feature of this position.

• Involvement on all aspects of a wide range of high profile debt financing transactions including leveraged buy-outs and re-financings, structured finance, real estate finance, acquisition financings, public-to-private transactions, investment grade syndicated loans and growth market loans.

• Working with teams on structuring issues and regulatory/reputational concerns

• Responsibility for the review and negotiation of support letters, commitment documents, term sheets, loan agreements, intercreditor agreements and related documentation in conjunction with external counsel.

• High level of interaction on all aspects of loan syndication, including information memoranda, sales issues and market developments.

• Key role reviewing and negotiating post execution amendments including involvement in restructurings, refinancings and work-outs.

• Regulatory aspects of our bank loans business.

• Participation in the credit review process relating to loan transactions and interaction with senior management in the loans area.

• Liaise and co-ordinate with other relevant groups throughout the firm, including other teams in the legal department, credit, loan operations, secondary trade deal closers, compliance, regulatory controllers, management controls and tax.

• Responsibility for relationships with external counsel in the loans area and involvement on conflicts clearance for leveraged finance opportunities.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Good team player, dynamic and capable of working proactively on a wide range of issues in a fast-paced environment.  
• UK, US or EU qualified. 
• 2 to 4 year post qualification experience in a law firm; previous in-house experience (including on secondment) an advantage