Associate – Leveraged Finance – 4-5pqe in London

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world's major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm's client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Banking and Finance practice in our London office as an Associate.

The role involves joining a highly regarded Leveraged Finance team that advises on complex, high-value financing transactions, often cross-border, for private equity sponsors, investment banks, private credit funds, and corporate borrowers. Work includes:

• Leveraged and acquisition financings
• Refinancings, recapitalisations, and syndicated lending
• Acting for both sponsor and lender-side clients
• Multi-jurisdictional transactions with complex structures

The Department: Banking and Finance. Mayer Brown's banking and finance practice is a founding practice of the firm and continues to represent one of Mayer Brown's signature strengths. Many of our largest clients are bank holding companies, leading asset managers, commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, asset-based lenders or institutional real estate companies.

Our Banking & Finance practice also represents numerous finance companies and fixed income funds, mezzanine investors, hedge funds, financial service boutiques, spin-offs and other financial institutions and investors, as well as a large number of borrowers operating in many different businesses and industries.

As financial institutions and asset managers become one-stop shops and transactions increasingly combine a broader range of products, the number of law firms that can meet all these requirements under one roof is declining. Mayer Brown is one of the few that has both the breadth of offering and the international platform to service these needs—particularly when markets are volatile and deal structures can change overnight.

Responsibilities include:

• Advise on leveraged and acquisition finance transactions for sponsors and lenders.
• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, security documents, and intercreditor agreements.
• Manage transactions from inception to closing, ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction.
• Collaborate with colleagues across global offices on multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Maintain strong client relationships and contribute to business development initiatives.

Qualifications:

• A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with circa 4-5 years post qualification experience.
• Strong technical skills with experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating documentation.
• Prior Leveraged Finance experience is essential.
• Experience from a highly ranked practice or team.
• Experience in advising on cross border matters is key.
• Working as part of a team and taking an active part in sharing knowledge and experience with the team.
• Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style.
• Ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team.
• Be a self-starter, and be willing to be challenged by taking on work outside their comfort zone.
• Demonstrate ability to confidently interact with clients and develop business pro-actively.
• A commercial and pragmatic outlook.
• Have attained degree certificate(s) from a reputed institution, achieving a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed. Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.

One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQI+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability), Social Inclusion and Opportunities Network and Work and Me (Family).

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.