Senior Leveraged & Structured Finance Associate

Eversheds Sutherland; New York; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Eversheds Sutherland in New York seeks a finance attorney with deep experience in commercial lending financing across deal types including senior, second lien, and subordinated loans. The role focuses on cross-border and cross-functional engagements for banks, institutional investors, asset managers, and corporate borrowers.

The practice covers diverse sectors such as telecommunications, manufacturing, technology, and asset-based lending, with workouts and restructurings also part of the

Qualifications

• Experience with a broad range of commercial lending financing matters.
• Experience in deal types including senior, second lien, and subordinated financings.
• Experience with working capital and leveraged acquisition financings.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support workouts and restructurings for finance matters.
• Advise banks, institutional investors, asset managers, and corporate borrowers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across sectors on complex financings.

Skills

Commercial lending financing

Job description

Overview

• Candidates must possess strong skills and knowledge related to a broad range of commercial lending financing.
• The role requires experience in deal types including senior, second lien, and subordinated financings; working capital and leveraged acquisition financings; accounts receivable financings; single-currency and multicurrency, domestic and cross-border financings; equipment financings; project finance; lines of credit; letter of credit transactions; and/or loan syndications and participations.
• Candidates should have experience managing multiple matters simultaneously and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• The practice advises a broad range of clients, including industry-leading banks, institutional investors, asset managers, and significant corporate borrowers.
• Finance attorneys within the practice contribute their experience to workout and restructuring matters.
• The position offers opportunities for a varied practice across sectors such as telecommunications, media, automobile, manufacturing, technology, asset-based lender, aircraft leasing, water, timber, private credit, syndicated loan markets, and agribusiness.
• The role requires in-office presence three days per week.