Leveraged Finance Paralegal / Contract Lawyer

McKinlay Law; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A major law firm in London seeks an experienced Leveraged Finance Paralegal/Contract Lawyer to manage corporate and banking transactions. The ideal candidate must possess substantial experience in a leveraged finance team from another major law firm, with strong attention to detail and time management skills. This role offers exceptional benefits and a competitive salary of around £60,000, potentially more based on experience.

Benefits

Exceptional benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Substantial paralegal experience within a leveraged finance team from another major law firm.
• High attention to detail and ability to prioritize work effectively.
• Experience in drafting and reviewing corporate authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in transaction management throughout the life-cycle of a deal.
• Draft, edit and maintain necessary checklists and documents.
• Prepare and distribute transaction documents to clients.

Skills

Leveraged finance expertise

Attention to detail

Time management

Job description

Leveraged Finance Paralegal / Contract Lawyer

London

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Major American law firm are looking for a leveraged finance paralegal / contract lawyer to join their London office and assist with all phases of corporate and banking transactions and form an important part of the team, working alongside partners and attorneys. The focus is to perform all responsibilities with a commitment to providing a first-class service to the Firm’s clients.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist in transaction management throughout the life-cycle of a deal.
• Draft, edit and maintain necessary checklists, organisational charts and spreadsheets.
• Review and edit transaction documents for sense, consistency, cross reference accuracy, facts, calculations and typographical errors.
• Prepare, update, assemble and distribute transaction documents to clients and other counsels.
• Assist in drafting and reviewing corporate authorisations and other conditions precedent documentation.
• Assist with due diligence matters.
• Draft due diligence memorandum, call logs, fact back up charts and transfers circle ups.
• Carry out various company registry searches and other factual research.
• Prepare and maintain signing/closing checklists.
• Prepare signature packs and compile executed documents.
• Prepare closing sets and bound volumes.

It is essential that you have substantial paralegal experience within a leveraged finance team from another major law firm – unfortunately you will not be considered if you don’t have leveraged finance experience. Although this is predominantly a paralegal role, they will also consider a contract lawyer / foreign qualified lawyer for the role providing you have done leveraged finance work. You must also have high attention to detail, the ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively to meet deadlines.

Fantastic opportunity for an experienced leveraged finance paralegal to gain top quality experience in a leading firm. Exceptional benefits and a salary circa £60,000 (they may pay more than this depending on experience).

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.