Corporate Finance Mid-Level Associate

Advocates Legal Recruiting; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting is assisting a leading AmLaw 100 client in Los Angeles with a midlevel Corporate Finance Associate position (3–5 years). The role focuses on direct lending, private credit financings, and sponsor-backed transactions across the capital stack from a busy private credit platform.

The position requires hands-on drafting, negotiation, and the ability to run workstreams, close checklists, and coordinate with deal teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of finance experience from a peer firm.
• Hands-on drafting and negotiation in credit agreements and ancillary documents.
• Comfortable running workstreams, managing closing checklists, and interacting with deal teams.

Responsibilities

• Direct lending and private credit financings (including acquisition financings).
• Leveraged buyouts and sponsor-backed transactions across the capital stack.
• Growth capital, stressed and distressed financings, and liability management-style work.

Skills

Drafting & negotiation

Deal management

Client communication

Education

Bar admission in the state

Job description

Los Angeles, United States | Posted on 07/21/2026

Corporate Finance Associate (3–5 years) | Private Credit + Leveraged Finance

Multiple offices (NYC, Dallas, Houston, LA, Boston, Chicago)

Our AmLaw 100 client is adding a midlevel associate to a debt finance platform that sits in the middle of private credit, sponsor finance, and special situations work. The practice is Chambers-ranked in Private Credit nationwide and is consistently active across lender-side and sponsor-side mandates.

Role Summary

• Direct lending and private credit financings (including acquisition financings)
• Leveraged buyouts and other sponsor-backed transactions across the capital stack
• Growth capital, stressed and distressed financings, and liability management-style work when the market turns
• Exposure to both financing and restructuring dynamics, depending on matters and client needs

Candidate Profile

• 3–5 years of finance experience from a peer firm
• Hands‑on drafting and negotiation in credit agreements and ancillary documents
• Comfortable running workstreams, managing closing checklists, and interacting with deal teams
• Bar admission in the state where you plan to sit (and in good standing)

Why This Role

• A private credit platform that regularly advises many of the market’s most active credit investors
• Real deal volume across sponsor finance, special situations, and cross-border angles, not one narrow lane
• Multiple office options, with an in-person expectation
• Base range at $225,000 to $420,000

If you are a 3–5 year finance associate who wants heavier private credit reps and cleaner runway to take ownership of deals,