Associate: Infrastructure Finance

White & Case LLP; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job Description - Associate: Infrastructure Finance (240001AZ)

Associate: Infrastructure Finance

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Infrastructure Finance practice in our London office?

As an associate in our Infrastructure Finance team, you will apply sound judgment and excellent analytical skills to your work. Highly organised and self-motivated, you’ll be a team player with a strong professional presence and client focus. In addition to strong academic credentials, you should possess exceptional technical skills and a solid foundation in infrastructure debt finance.

You will work closely with financial sponsors and as their designated funder counsel, joining a fast-growing team with excellent career progression opportunities. Additionally, as a Senior Associate, you will have supervisory responsibilities, mentoring junior associates and trainees, and guiding them through complex transactions.

We specialise in infrastructure acquisition financings and refinancings, acting for both infrastructure sponsors and finance providers. Our team has extensive experience in bank lending, European institutional funding, US private placements, and structured financing platforms across a broad spectrum of infrastructure assets.

At White & Case, we’ll support you, give you responsibility, and welcome you as an integral member of our diverse, international team from day one. We foster a collegial working environment where partners are friendly and accessible, and colleagues are always supportive and open to questions.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on complex infrastructure finance transactions, including acquisition financings and refinancings, involving a variety of asset classes such as airports, energy transition businesses and digital infrastructure such as data centers.
• Lead and manage the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of infrastructure finance transactions.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, understanding their needs and objectives to provide tailored solutions.
• Work collaboratively with other practice areas within the firm and coordinate with international offices on cross-border transactions.
• Supervise and mentor junior associates and trainees, delegate tasks appropriately and ensure that work is completed to a high standard.

Qualifications and Skills

• Between four to six years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience and understanding of infrastructure finance transactions, including acquisition financings and refinancings, from both the lender and sponsor side.
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to prioritize and multi-task particularly when working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Able to interact positively at all levels and be a good team player.
• Methodical approach to work with a strong focus on accuracy.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• Driven by professional growth with strong professional presence.
• Experience in supervising and mentoring junior associates and trainees, providing guidance and ensuring high-quality work output.

What We Offer

• At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.
• We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a lawyer and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.
• We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

This role is based in our London office. This role reports to the London Infrastructure Finance Partners. Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or accommodation to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email the recruiting contact listed for the relevant position. We are a Disability Confident (Committed) Employer. We will be happy to work with you.