Finance Associate Attorney

Lateral Link; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lateral Link is seeking a mid-level associate to join its New York corporate debt team focused on borrower-side financing. This role offers exposure to both PE-sponsored and non-sponsored deals across various financial products, ensuring no single-product specialization.

Ideal candidates will have 2-5 years of experience in finance, comfortable managing multiple transactions while drafting credit documentation. The firm provides a competitive 'Cravath scale' salary with a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of finance experience in syndicated lending or commercial finance.
• Comfort managing multiple transactions and drafting credit documentation.
• Strong drafting skills and commercial judgment.

Responsibilities

• Advising borrowers in syndicated lending and secured transactions.
• Managing and turning credit documents independently.
• Directly advising sponsors and portfolio companies.

Skills

Syndicated lending

Secured transactions

Leveraged finance

Commercial judgment

Job description

You spent three years learning leveraged finance from the wrong chair.

You can turn a credit agreement in your sleep. You know the difference between a borrowing base and a leverage covenant cold. But you're either stuck on the lender side — papering facilities for the banks and never advising the company taking on the debt — or you're doing one product on repeat while the rest of the capital stack happens in some other group.

You want to sit across the table from the lenders, not behind them. And you want the full range of finance work, not one narrow silo.

The New York leveraged finance market is as active as it's been in years — sponsors are putting capital to work, refinancings are moving, and borrower-side mandates are flowing. You should be in the middle of it, advising the borrower and the sponsor directly.

A top-tier AmLaw firm is adding a mid-level associate to its New York corporate debt team. This is a borrower-side practice doing both sponsor-backed and non-sponsored deals across the full product set — not a single-product desk inside a generalist corporate group.

The work includes:

• Borrower-side syndicated lending and secured commercial finance transactions
• PE-sponsored and non-sponsored asset-based and cash flow credit facilities
• Direct advisory to sponsors and portfolio companies, not just document production
• Debt capital markets work for associates who want exposure there

What you bring:

• 2-5 years of finance experience — syndicated lending, secured transactions, leveraged or commercial finance
• Comfort managing multiple transactions and turning credit documentation independently
• Strong drafting skills and commercial judgment

What you get:

• A borrower-side seat where you advise the company and the sponsor, not the bank
• Exposure across ABL, cash flow, and capital markets instead of one product on repeat
• Cravath scale