Partner - Banking & Finance

JMC Legal Recruitment; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm in London is seeking an accomplished Banking & Finance Partner to join its prestigious Finance practice. This role offers the chance to work with top professionals, leverage an extensive client base, and play a key role in shaping the department’s growth. With over 8 years of PQE and a strong client network, you can expect a highly collaborative environment and a clear pathway to equity partnership.

Benefits

Highly competitive benefits package

Performance-linked bonus structure

Opportunities for Equity Partnership

Qualifications

• You must be a Banking & Finance Partner with 8+ years PQE.
• Strong client network and entrepreneurial mindset required.
• Experience advising on a broad range of financing structures essential.

Responsibilities

• Advise lenders and borrowers on high value financing transactions.
• Work closely with other law specialists to provide a seamless service.
• Shape the department's growth and access the firm's financial institution client base.

Skills

Strong client network

Entrepreneurial mindset

Experience advising financial institutions

Excellent communication

Education

8+ years PQE

Job description

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Banking & Finance Partner | Legal 500 Firm | London | West End

This dynamic, forward thinking firm is seeking a commercially savvy and growth driven Banking & Finance Partner to join its highly regarded Finance practice.

With a strong reputation for advising domestic and international financial institutions, property developers, and corporate borrowers, this is a rare opportunity to build upon an established practice within a highly supportive and well resourced environment.

The Firm

This Legal 500 ranked firm is widely respected for its high calibre work across London and beyond. With a multi service practice catering to financial institutions, high net worth individuals, and sophisticated corporate clients, the firm competes at the highest levels, regularly going toe to toe with Top 50 firms.

Over the past five years, strategic hires, dynamic leadership, and an influx of high value domestic and international work have driven significant expansion, nearly doubling the firm's size. The Banking & Finance practice is a core part of this success, working closely with the firm's Corporate, Commercial Property, and Private Wealth teams to provide comprehensive, high end advisory services.

The firm is home to leading partners across a diverse range of practice areas, including Media, Technology, Corporate, Real Estate, Private Wealth, and Charities. It is recognised in the Legal 500 not just for the excellence of its legal work but also for its commitment to investing in talent and fostering a positive, collaborative working culture.

With modern offices in the West End, this firm stands out for its strong team ethos, supportive environment, and genuine focus on career progression. It prides itself on combining the best of traditional client care values with a fresh, ambitious outlook.

The Role

The firm is now seeking an accomplished Banking & Finance Partner to join its existing team in the heart of London's West End.

As a key player in the firm's thriving Finance practice, you will work alongside market leading Partners in a highly collaborative environment. The team provides premium legal solutions to lenders and borrowers on high value financing transactions, with a particular focus on secured lending, corporate acquisitions, property finance, and development finance.

You will be joining a team that already includes a highly experienced Partner known for advising on all types of secured financing arrangements, from short term bridging finance to complex senior and mezzanine lending structures. The team regularly drafts and negotiates loan and security documents for property developments, corporate acquisitions, and investment transactions, working closely with real estate and corporate law specialists to provide a seamless service. Additionally, they act for a diverse client base, including private lenders, family offices, financial institutions, and offshore trusts, as well as individual and corporate borrowers across a range of industries.

As such, this role is ideal for a Banking & Finance Partner with an existing network of clients looking to leverage a strong platform to elevate their practice further in collaboration with their existing lawyers. You will have access to the firm's extensive financial institution client base, as well as support from leading Corporate, Real Estate, and Private Wealth specialists to offer a fully integrated service.

With a clear pathway to full equity in the short term and an immediate opportunity to play a key role in shaping the department's growth, this is an exceptional chance to accelerate your career. The firm offers a flexible hybrid working model, ensuring a balanced and high-performing environment.

Requirements:

• You will be a Banking & Finance Partner with 8+ years PQE.
• You will have a strong client network and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• You will have experience advising banks, financial institutions, property developers, and corporate borrowers on a broad range of financing structures.
• You will enjoy working in a high calibre, collaborative team handling premium work.
• Excellent benefits package.
• Highly competitive, performance linked bonus structure.
• Genuine opportunities for Equity Partnership.