Leveraged Finance Associate Managing Associate

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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you The Deal between the firm and its employees.

YOU CAN EXPECT

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech cycle and electric car schemes
• We support the causes you care about by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical emotional financial and social aspects.
• Most of our roles are hybrid meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age sex race disability sexual orientation culture or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives

The Leveraged Finance team ispart of our Debt Finance practice which in turn is part of our wider Finance practice group. The Debt Finance team deals with a wide range of transactional financings including leveraged finance real estate finance asset-based lending secured and unsecured corporate lending non-contentious debt restructurings and distressed situations involving corporate trustees. This role is for a dedicated leveraged finance associate but there will be opportunities to deploy your skill set supporting other teams within the Debt Finance practice.

The opportunity

This role is for an experienced Associate or Managing Associate to join our expanding leveraged finance team. Our team operates in the mid-market and we are looking for someone who has in-depth experience of that market.

You will work on a mix of both borrower and lender side transactions and the ideal candidate will have experience of both. Your clients will include traditional banks challenger banks alternative lenders private equity sponsors and corporates.

You can expect to gain experience across a broad spectrum of acquisition financings and cashflow lending transactions including senior unitranche super senior mezzanine and holdco PIK facilities. You would also work alongside our Private Equity team on the financing aspects of leveraged buyouts for our private equity clients.

You will join a team with an ambitious growth strategy backed by our senior leadership in a role which offers room for career progression. There is genuine long term partnership track for the right candidate. You will work with two highly regarded Leveraged Finance partners as well as a team of Managing Associates and Associates supported by a trainee.

Much of the work is cross-border for which you will be navigating the challenges that can arise in overseas jurisdictions in order to ensure a smooth process.

You would join a culture that is informal and supportive; we are aiming to do work of the highest quality but in an environment which prizes enjoyment as well as excellence. The Debt Finance team benefits from the support of two dedicated Knowledge Development Lawyers.

• Drafting and negotiating finance documentation including facilities agreements and intercreditor agreements on a range of deal structures
• Taking the lead on transaction management and supervising deal teams including delegating work to and managing junior lawyers trainees and paralegals
• Liaising with clients and other law firms throughout a deal process with the ability to run key workstreams independently with limited Partner supervision
• Building excellent working relationships with clients and peers within the Firm developing ones own internal and external networks of contacts
• Active involvement in business development including client entertainment delivery of client training and client bulletins
• Active involvement in know-how initiatives including exploring the application of AI and other technology products to improving the efficiency of a deal process

• Qualified lawyer with excellent academic and professional qualifications
• Extensive post qualification experience of mid-market leveraged finance in the UK gained in private practice is essential
• Background in a firm with an excellent reputation in the field of banking and finance
• Ability to acquire consolidate and apply up-to-date knowledge of the law
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiasm for business development
• Organised and able to work to strict deadlines with the ability to prioritise realistically
• Willingness to challenge and stretch oneself
• Resilient with the ability to handle set-backs and pressure
• Cooperative and collaborative in approach and is able to develop excellent working relationships at all levels and roles
• Ability to operate professionally and proactively at all times
• Good housekeeping/file management practices; manages and records time promptly and accurately
• Experience of managing junior solicitors trainees and paralegals.

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time in line with the firms strategy and business needs.

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm and were committed to creating positive partnerships with our clients. We represent listed and private companies institutions and individuals building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.

Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition Life Sciences and Healthcare Private Capital and Funds Technology and Transportation and Trade.

With more than 1500 people including 220 partners across ten offices in Europe the Middle East and Asia we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.

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