Corporate Finance Associate

NextStep Recruiting; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NextStep Recruiting is partnering with a confidential law firm to identify a Finance Associate for its growing debt finance practice. This role offers significant client interaction, hands‑on drafting, and exposure to sophisticated domestic financing matters in a fast‑paced environment.

The ideal candidate holds a J.D. from an accredited law school, is admitted to the Texas Bar, and has 3–5 years of debt finance or corporate finance experience at a law firm, with strong drafting and negotiation

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and Texas Bar admission.
• 3–5 years of debt finance or corporate finance experience at a law firm.
• Experience drafting and negotiating financing documents for middle‑market lending transactions.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, loan documents, and financing transaction documentation
• Represent borrowers, sponsors, lenders, and private credit providers in acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and growth capital transactions
• Manage financing transactions from structuring through closing while coordinating with clients, lenders, and opposing counsel
• Support complex debt finance matters, including private credit, syndicated lending, asset-based lending, and fund finance transactions

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Client communication

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

NextStep Recruiting is partnering with a confidential law firm to identify a Finance Associate for its growing debt finance practice. This opportunity is ideal for an attorney with experience representing borrowers, sponsors, or lenders in middle‑market financing transactions. The role offers significant client interaction, hands‑on drafting, and the opportunity to work on sophisticated domestic financing matters.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, loan documents, and financing transaction documentation
• Represent borrowers, sponsors, lenders, and private credit providers in acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and growth capital transactions
• Manage financing transactions from structuring through closing while coordinating with clients, lenders, and opposing counsel
• Support complex debt finance matters, including private credit, syndicated lending, asset-based lending, and fund finance transactions

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active Texas Bar admission
• 3-5 years of debt finance or corporate finance experience at a law firm
• Experience drafting and negotiating financing documents for middle‑market lending transactions, including secured credit facilities, acquisition financings, and private credit transactions
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and client communication skills
• Ability to independently manage transaction workstreams in a fast‑paced practice

_ NextStep Recruiting provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, or applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities._