Associate/Senior Associate, Corporate Lending (Global Loans)

Ashurst Perkins Coie; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie in Glasgow is seeking an Associate/Senior Associate with proven post-qualification experience in corporate lending to join our team in the Glasgow office. You will work on financing transactions from term sheet to close, drafting and negotiating facility agreements and intercreditor documents, supervising colleagues, and coordinating multi-jurisdictional matters.

The role emphasizes client relationships with banks and corporate clients, opportunities for client secondments,

Qualifications

• Strong general banking experience with focus on corporate lending.
• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal documents in private practice.
• Adaptable and ambitious; fast learner with multi-jurisdictional matters experience.
• Team-player with client-facing experience and ability to respond to client needs.
• Experience negotiating with counterparts and a commercial approach.
• Desire to mentor junior team members and contribute to business development.

Responsibilities

• Drafting of legal documents.
• Advising clients.
• Negotiating with counterparts and leading calls.
• Coordinating completion of transactions.

Skills

Corporate lending

Legal drafting & negotiation

Multi-jurisdictional matters

Client-facing skills

Commercial mindset

Team player

Mentoring juniors

Job description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
• Family & caring - 26 weeks paid parental leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership and discounted corporate health plans
• Flexible work options

The Opportunity:

We are currently looking for a 4-8+ PQE Associate/Senior Associate with proven post-qualification experience in corporate lending to join our team in the Glasgow office.

You can expect to have exposure to a wide range of high-quality transactions.

Main tasks and qualities:

• You would typically act on all elements of a financing from term sheet stage, through to closing and post-closing. Your specific areas of responsibility will be the drafting and negotiation of facility agreements and intercreditor agreements, supervising other members of the team, negotiating security documents and liaising with local counsel on multi-jurisdictional matters, ensuring a smooth process to transaction close.
• You will be encouraged to build client relationships with our relationship banks and key corporate clients and to have a desire to build on these and develop your own client network with support and guidance from the partners and wider team. Most of our associates will go on a client secondment to further develop personal and firm relationships and enhance their commercial skills.
• You would be working as part of a committed and inspired friendly team that enjoys its work and considers itself a leader in its field of practice. All members of the team have frequent client contact.
• You will be encouraged to use Harvey and other AI solutions in your work and developing AI capabilities is an essential part of this role.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Drafting of legal documents;
• Advising clients;
• Negotiating with counterparts and leading calls;
• Coordinating completion of transactions.

In addition to strong technical skills, you should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for business development and strong interpersonal skills as there will be significant client contact, in both the work and business development context. You will be expected to mentor junior members of the team, supervise trainees and work closely with the wider Global Loans and Global Markets team. You will also be expected to build your own cross-practice network within the firm (for example, building relationships with teams in our other offices, Corporate Transactions and Restructuring and Special Situations teams).

You would be expected to contribute to the firm's D&I and Corporate Responsibility initiatives, often organised with the firm's key clients.

This is a full-time, permanent role based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About you:

Associate/Senior Associate with:

• Strong general banking experience with a focus on corporate lending
• Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal documents in a private practice environment
• An adaptable ambitious person who is a fast learner, with experience practising on multi-jurisdictional matters
• A team-player who can work effectively with colleagues at all levels
• Client facing experience and the ability to understand and respond effectively to client needs
• Experience of negotiating with counterparts
• A commercial approach