Corporate Finance Mid-Level Associate

Advocates Legal Recruiting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting represents a major AmLaw 100 client seeking a Corporate Finance Associate (3–5 years) for a private credit and leveraged finance platform. The role involves direct lending, sponsor-backed financings, and cross-border matters across several offices including NYC, Dallas, Houston, LA, Boston, and Chicago.

The successful candidate will draft and negotiate credit agreements, manage closing checklists, and oversee deal workstreams.

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 when the market turns.
• Exposure to financing and restructuring dynamics, depending on matters and client needs.

Skills

Drafting and negotiation

Managing closing checklists

Running deal workstreams

Interacting with deal teams

Education

Bar admission in relevant state

Job description

New York, United States

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,