Associate - Banking (1-4 PQE)

Charles Russell Speechlys; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Charles Russell Speechlys is seeking an Associate to support the Banking & Finance team across domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged, real estate, structured, Islamic and receivables, and restructurings.

The role involves liaising with lender and borrower clients, including major banks, investment funds and corporate borrowers, with a collaborative, non-hierarchical team culture and support for the successful candidate.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor in England and Wales with 1–4 years’ PQE.
• Broad banking and finance experience across transactions.
• Experience in real estate, project finance or acquisition finance transactions.

Responsibilities

• Assist on all aspects of transactions, including loan terms, security documents and CPs (supported by Transaction Execution Managers).
• Undertake transactions directly, dealing with all aspects of the loan and security terms.
• Provide guidance and support to junior team members.
• Engage in client marketing and business development activities including attending internal and external events.
• Provide client advice in a succinct, practical and persuasive manner.
• Apply a commercial approach to research and evaluate relevance and accuracy in delivery of advice.
• Contribute to divisional knowledge and know-how initiatives.
• Attend and assist in organising and hosting of client marketing events.
• Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the SRA Standards and Regulations.

Skills

Banking & Finance experience

Real estate finance

Project finance

LMA documentation

PQE 1-4 years

Job description

Forming an integral part of the Banking & Finance team, the Associate role will provide support across all disciplines within the team’s offering to provide a seamless service to the client. The team advises on the whole range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions including leveraged, real estate, structured, Islamic and receivables, as well as advising on restructuring existing facilities.

The team works with both lender and borrower clients, including the major clearing banks, commercial and private banks, non-bank lenders, investment funds, institutional investors, corporate borrowers, hedge funds and family offices.

The Banking & Finance team work very closely together as a tight-knit, non-hierarchical, collaborative team. The successful candidate will be fully supported in all work.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist on all aspects of transactions, including loan terms, security documents and CPs (supported by Transaction Execution Managers)
• Undertake transactions directly, dealing with all aspects of the loan and security terms
• Provide guidance and support to junior team members
• Engage in client marketing and business development activities including attending internal and external events
• Provide client advice in a succinct, practical and persuasive manner
• Apply a commercial approach to research and evaluate relevance and accuracy in delivery of advice
• Contribute to divisional knowledge and know-how initiatives
• Attend and assist in organising and hosting of client marketing events
• Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations, and Principles.

Skills and Experience

• Be an England and Wales qualified solicitor or equivalent with between 1-4 years’ PQE, able to integrate into teams effectively.
• Have broad general banking and finance experience.
• Experience of real estate finance, project finance and /or corporate and acquisition finance transactions.
• Familiarity with Loan Market Association (LMA) documentation.

Person Specification

• Able to effectively communicate, both in writing and verbally, to ensure that complex information is delivered clearly, concisely and relevant to the audience.
• Builds trusted working relationships with a range of stakeholders to support collaboration, alignment and delivery.
• Demonstrate good judgement and a good legal and commercial understanding of clients’ particular needs
• Commercial awareness, financial acumen and business-like approach to both legal practice and business development.
• Responds effectively to changing priorities while maintaining progress against key outcomes and meeting deadlines.
• Be flexible and willing to undertake a wide variety of tasks
• Be a pro-active team player, who is also highly self-motivated and able to work on their own initiative

Hybrid working

We adopt a hybrid and flexible working approach, so are also open to discussion on agile working options.

Reasonable Adjustments

At Charles Russell Speechlys we are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, where candidates can perform to the best of their ability at an interview or in a test situation. At any point in the hiring process for this role, if you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation that might assist you during the application and interview process, please reach out to the above-named contact and they will work with you to understand your requirements. For more information, please see our Workplace Reasonable Adjustments Statement.

Any information you disclose will be kept confidential unless otherwise instructed by you, and will only be used to provide appropriate support to you during our assessment process.

Charles Russell Speechlys is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we are committed to developing an increasingly diverse, inclusive and supportive culture where everyone can be themselves, feel valued, and that they can thrive and belong. Please see here for more information on our employee-led DEI Networks.

For a detailed specification please download the job description in the documents section of this page.