Senior Associate / Principal Associate

Shoosmiths; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

ShooSmiths in Leeds is seeking a Senior or Principal Associate to join our market-leading Leveraged Finance practice. You will focus on developing our expertise and market share across Leeds and the North, with support from a national banking and finance team.

The role covers leveraged finance, corporate financings, sponsor-led transactions and growth lending, with involvement across the full transaction lifecycle from drafting facilities agreements to intercreditor negotiations, and in-life

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of post-qualification experience in leveraged finance.
• Proven experience with cashflow and general banking financings.
• Experience liaising with lenders, borrowers, intermediaries and investors.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate facilities agreements and security documents (LMA and non-LMA).
• Negotiate intercreditor arrangements and support corporate finance transactions.
• Work on in-life portfolio work including restructures, resets and bolt-ons.
• Contribute to developing Leeds and the North market for the practice.

Skills

Leveraged finance

Cashflow finance

General banking experience

Lenders/intermediaries experience

Job description

The role This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior or Principal Associate to join our market leading Leveraged Finance practice with a focus on developing our expertise and market share across Leeds and the North. We have an established banking team nationally which operate as one therefore, you\'ll benefit from taking part in shaping the local team and brand whilst having the structure and support to help you progress in your career.

The work on offer is varied with a focus on leveraged finance, corporate financings, corporate / sponsor led transactions and growth lending / venture debt. We work across the full transaction lifecycle including drafting and negotiating facilities agreements and security documents (both LMA and non-LMA form), negotiating intercreditor arrangements and working closely with our corporate and restructuring teams. The team also does a material amount of in life work on a portfolio basis working with lenders and borrowers on restructures, re-sets, restatements and bolt-ons. Our work is local, national and international.

The team

Our national banking and finance team advises clients on a range of financing transactions across a wide variety of sectors, often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Acting for borrowers, lenders and investors means we have a practical understanding of the needs of all parties to a financing transaction. Our expertise extends to corporate lending, leverage finance, asset finance, real estate finance (investment and development), project finance and invoice discounting both on a bilateral and a syndicated basis. We work closely with some of the UK\'s major banks and financial institutions and have approved panel status with many of them.

Our Leeds office is dynamic and entrepreneurial

Our Leeds office is dynamic and entrepreneurial, affording a great opportunity for an ambitious lawyer to contribute to expansion of the practice and to advance personally. As a core Shoosmiths office, Leeds is at the centre of the firms development and growth strategy.

Skills And Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will have at least 6 years PQE and have strong leveraged finance (as well as cashflow and general banking) experience at their current firm; they will be naturally proactive in their approach and will be as passionate as us in what we do. You will have experience liaising with lenders, borrowers, intermediaries and/or investors on the full transaction lifecycle.

As a people centric business, we invest heavily in developing our people by providing an innovative, flexible and supportive environment.

The firm

Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package

Shoosmiths is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident is a government scheme designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme replaced the Two Ticks Positive about Disabled People scheme. We had been accredited as a two tick employer for many years - Disability Confident broadens and develops that original commitment, and demonstrates we have adopted a proactive approach to employing disabled people and developing their abilities.

As part of our accreditation, we commit to interviewing any applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for each vacancy. In some circumstances we may only be able to interview those that best meet the essential criteria due to the volume of applications received.

Further information on the Disability Confident scheme is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to and usable by everyone. If you have a disability or long-term condition and would like to receive information in a different way, or need us to make any adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please get in touch with the Talent Acquisition team on [e-mail]. We can consider your needs and requirements, and how we can assist you to apply for our roles. For example we can provide a copy of our application via email so that you can complete it using your own accessibility software.

Equal opportunities

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.