Banking & Finance Associate - 2-6PQE

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Banking & Finance Associate - 2-6PQE, London

Client:

Pure Search

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

9

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Pure Search are exclusively instructed on a unique opportunity for a Banking & Finance Associate to join a leading City law firm at either 2-4PQE or 4-6PQE.

The Firm:

Our client is one of the fastest-growing firms in the City, with significant investment behind the growth of their Private Capital practice, producing an exciting range of work in their Banking & Finance team. They have particular strengths in working on real estate finance, debt finance, acquisition and project finance, and corporate lending.

The firm represents an excellent long-term option for a junior to mid-level associate, safe in the knowledge that the firm has a track record of nurturing and developing their lawyers and promoting from within. The firm also offers a good work/life balance, exposure to a range of international work, and one of the best bonus structures in the City.

The Role:

Joining a busy and tight-knit team, you will be afforded high levels of autonomy and exposed to clients from an early stage.

Responsibilities will include:

1. Advising across the full spectrum of sport, real estate, acquisition, green energy, and receivables financing;
2. Drafting facility agreements/security documents;
3. Drafting intercreditor agreements and priority arrangements;
4. Assisting with negotiation of finance and ancillary documents;
5. Dealing with complex closings (including condition precedent, etc.);
6. Overseeing post-completion and conditions subsequent satisfaction.

The team has advised a range of high-profile clients including leading Premier League football clubs and sports teams, renewable energy companies, real estate investment companies, and international hotel groups.

About You:

You will be a qualified solicitor with at least 2 years post-qualification experience in Banking & Finance. This could be gained across a range of areas including Real Estate Finance, Debt Finance, Structured Finance, and Corporate Lending. This is a broad role and you will be exposed to a range of different transactions, specializing around the 6-7PQE mark.

You will be someone that is proactive, with a clear growth mindset and who relishes the idea of an environment without the hierarchy of 'Big Law,' where you see a genuine work/life balance while working on a range of high-profile and international transactions.

For more information, please contact Daniel Diamond at Pure Search.