Speciality and Structured Finance Mid/Senior Associate

Advocates Legal Recruiting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting is recruiting for a Speciality and Structured Finance Mid/Senior Associate in New York. The role involves advising borrowers and lenders on secured financings with exposure to complex collateral structures and tailored credit products.

You will draft and negotiate core finance documents and coordinate with partners on deal execution, with a strong emphasis on precision and substantive credit work. A deep background in receivables or structured finance is preferred.

Qualifications

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with secured financings and structured transactions.
• Experience representing borrowers, lenders, or both.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, security agreements, and related documents.
• Advise on secured balance sheet financings and structured credit transactions.
• Handle bond and note offerings, indentures, and disclosure materials.
• Collaborate directly with partners and clients on deal execution.

Skills

Receivables financing

Asset-based financing

Structured finance

Credit agreements

Negotiation

Collateral documentation

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) 2018–2022

Job description

Speciality and Structured Finance Mid/Senior Associate

New York, United States

Corporate Associate | Structured and Specialty Finance | New York

Role Summary

You will advise borrowers and lenders on secured financings, with regular exposure to complex collateral structures and tailored credit products. Matters include receivables financings, asset-based loans, structured financings, and transactions involving less traditional asset classes. The work is document-heavy, negotiation-driven, and substantive.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Drafting and negotiating credit agreements, security agreements, pledge agreements, and related collateral documents
• Advising on secured balance sheet financings and structured credit transactions
• Handling bond and note offerings, including indentures, note purchase agreements, and disclosure materials
• Working directly with partners and clients on deal execution

Candidate Profile

• JD class years 2018–2022
• Prior experience in a finance practice at a peer law firm
• Hands-on exposure to receivables, asset-based, and/or structured finance transactions
• Comfort negotiating core finance documents rather than only ancillary materials
• Experience representing borrowers, lenders, or both
• Experience with esoteric asset classes is helpful but not required.

Why This Role

This is a chance to deepen technical finance skills within a practice that values precision, judgment, and real responsibility. Associates in this group are trusted early, and exposed to complex transactions that translate well across top-tier finance practices. The platform supports long-term development for attorneys who want to stay in sophisticated finance work rather than rotate through it.

The compensation range for this role is $260,000 to $420,000, plus benefits and discretionary bonus.