Commercial Finance Associate

Snell & Wilmer LLP; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. in Salt Lake City seeks an associate with 3–5 years of experience to join the Commercial Finance practice group. The role focuses on due diligence, documentation, negotiation, and closing sophisticated lending transactions across real estate, commercial, securities, and asset-backed loans.

Broader transactional and bankruptcy experience is welcomed. Utah bar license preferred, with potential to sit for the Utah bar if barred in other states.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in commercial finance and lending transactions.
• Strong academic credentials and excellent writing skills.
• Utah bar license strongly preferred, with consideration for out-of-state bar admittees who will sit for Utah.

Responsibilities

• Experience handling due diligence, documentation, negotiation, and closing of sophisticated lending transactions including real estate, commercial, securities, or asset-backed loans.
• Broader transactional and bankruptcy experience is a plus.

Skills

Due diligence

Negotiation

Documentation

Closing loans

Writing skills

Job description

Overview

• The role requires experience in due diligence, documentation, negotiation, and closing sophisticated lending transactions, including real estate, commercial, securities, and/or asset-backed loans.
• Broader transactional and bankruptcy experience will also be considered.
• Candidates are expected to participate in the local community as part of the firm's credo.
• A Utah bar license is strongly preferred; however, candidates barred in other states will be considered, with the expectation to sit for the Utah bar.
• This is a partnership-track position.

Posting details

Commercial Finance Associate

Salt Lake City

Snell & Wilmer’s Salt Lake City office seeks an associate with 3-5 years of experience to join the Commercial Finance practice group. The ideal candidate will have experience in due diligence, documentation, negotiation, and closing sophisticated lending transactions, including real estate, commercial, securities and/or asset backed loans. Broader transactional and bankruptcy experience will also be considered. Excellent academic credentials and excellent writing skills are required. Participating in our local community is part of our credo and is expected of our team members. Utah bar license is strongly preferred, but consideration will also be given to candidates barred in other states, who will be expected to sit for the Utah bar.

This is a full-time, partnership-track position that is eligible to participate in the firm’s benefit plans, including our 401K Profit Sharing and Savings Plan with discretionary employer contribution, and is eligible for consideration for annual discretionary bonuses.

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. believes that embracing inclusion and belonging brings out the best of what each individual has to offer and inspires us to build strong and lasting connections with each other, our clients, and our communities. We are committed to creating and cultivating an inclusive environment where every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. It is our policy to conduct all employment-related activities without regard to an employee’s sex, race, color, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religious creed, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, medical condition, military condition, military or veteran status or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal laws.

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.