Associate - Banking and Finance

Overview

Qualified Legal Associate – Banking and Finance role at Anthony Collins. The Anthony Collins Funding team is looking to appoint a Banking and Finance Legal Associate to join their national team based in Birmingham or Manchester. The market-leading Funding team advises on financings of housing associations, social-impact investors and banks, social enterprises, charities, health and social care entities, local authorities, and private sector bodies. The current team consists of four specialist social-impact funding lawyers (including a partner) and one legal assistant.

Responsibilities

• Advise on a range of finance matters and projects including complex and innovative funding, bonds often exceeding £100M, private placements, revolving credit facilities, development finance and joint ventures.
• Collaborate with expert colleagues across the firm to deliver projects seamlessly for the client.
• Deliver funding projects in your own name (with support from more senior colleagues where appropriate) and supervise tasks carried out by junior solicitors, trainees and legal assistants.
• Demonstrate excellent personal organisation, time management and client-management skills; build strong relationships of trust with peers and with clients.

Qualifications

• Experience of banking and finance law, gained post-qualification or during your training contract.
• Ability to build strong rapport with a variety of clients, both external and internal, and inspire confidence.
• Ability to collaborate and work as part of a high-performing team, taking ownership of work.
• Desire to develop technical legal skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong self-motivation and proactivity, and confident to use your own initiative to deliver high-quality work that meets the client’s needs.

Benefits

• Hybrid working.
• 25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas.
• 3 days available for social purpose volunteering.
• For Birmingham colleagues, a newly refurbished office with an on-site cafe and free access to an on-site gym.
• All IT equipment and support for effective home working.
• Excellent technical training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise.

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose to improve lives, communities and society. For more than 50 years we have combined market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships, underpinned by a strong set of values. We are proud of the calibre of people we attract and the impact we make with clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.

Anthony Collins Solicitors is an Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

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