Senior Associate or Counsel

Pilsbury Law; New York (NY); On-site; USD 390,000 - 435,000; Full time

Job summary

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in New York, NY seeks a Senior Associate/Counsel for its Aviation finance practice to handle sophisticated aviation-related transactions for banks, lessors, and investors. The role emphasizes drafting and negotiating credit documents, advising on complex structures, and managing multiple matters in a leading law firm environment.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in secured and unsecured financing, leases, and related documents, and must

Qualifications

• Experience closing $100+ million financing transactions.
• Experience drafting and negotiating credit agreements, indentures, leases, purchase agreements and related documentation.
• Ability to advise clients on interpretation of such documents, orally and in writing.
• Familiar with aviation finance and leasing industry and related corporate matters.
• Experience at a large law firm handling multiple internal and external clients.
• Strong academic background and exceptional drafting, negotiating and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Join the Aviation finance practice focused on aviation-related transactions for major banks, lessors, airlines and investors.
• Represent clients in financing, leasing, trading, restructuring and enforcement of aviation assets.
• Assist in establishing joint ventures and aircraft leasing platforms.
• Draft, review and negotiate the related documentation for transactions.
• Manage multiple matters simultaneously and work both independently and in a team.

Skills

Aviation finance

Financing transactions

Credit agreements

Indentures

Leases

Purchase agreements

Advising clients (oral/written)

Multi-matter management

Job description

New York, New York

Job Description

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has an immediate opening for a Senior Associate/Counsel to join its New York Finance practice section, with a focus on aviation-related transactions. Pillsbury's aircraft finance lawyers represent major banks, leasing companies, airlines, investors, traders and manufacturers in a wide range of aviation transactions, including financing (lending and capital markets transactions), leasing, trading, restructuring and enforcement of aviation and related assets and establishing joint ventures and other aircraft leasing platforms.

Candidates must:

• Be familiar with secured, unsecured and guaranteed financing transactions, the rules relating to security interests under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Cape Town Convention;
• Have experience managing and closing $100+ million financing transactions;
• Have experience drafting and negotiating credit agreements, indentures, leases, purchase agreements and related documentation;
• Be able to advise clients on the interpretation of such documents, orally and in writing;
• andUnderstand the aviation finance and leasing industry and corporate matters related to such transactions.

Experience with export credit agency supported financing and capital markets transactions would be helpful, but not a prerequisite.

The successful candidate will have large law firm experience that includes working with multiple internal and external clients and managing multiple matters simultaneously.

Candidate should have a strong academic background along with exceptional drafting, negotiating and organizational skills. In addition, the candidate will enjoy being part of a cohesive team while working independently.

Candidate must be admitted to and a member in good standing of the New York bar.

New York Pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on skillset and experience, is $390,000 - $435,000.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.