Principal Associate

Are you a seasoned Banking Principal Associate or an experienced Banking Solicitor? This is a rare chance to be part of our national, market-leading team. Provide expert technical support and advice as we continue to expand our ambitious practice. This role offers flexibility to be based in any of our offices., This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced banking and finance solicitor to join our banking & finance team, to be based in any of our Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Norwich, Cambridge or London offices from which Finance & Restructuring team operates within the Corporate & Commercial National Service Line ("NSL").

This is an opportunity for an ambitious senior corporate banking lawyer to join a fast-growing practice.

You will work closely with our corporate banking partners and your responsibilities will include:

• Advising banks, lenders, fund managers and other corporate and institutional clients (both borrowers and lenders) on all aspects of finance and security issues. Sectors covered will include asset-based lending, leveraged finance, corporate lending and borrowing, real estate finance, Government finance and bonds and capital markets.

• Support work for the corporate team on funding issues in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions work, as well as work for the commercial and real estate departments on funding issues in M&A work, portfolio property re-finances and more.

• Drafting and preparation of various documents required within the transaction processes.

• Being actively involved in assisting with marketing to new and existing clients and responsible for developing and sustaining relationships directly with clients

Our client base is varied and consists of clearing banks including NatWest, HSBC and Barclays, debt funds including AgFe, Homes England, international banks including Wells Fargo and asset-based lenders such as PNC Business Credit, HSBC Invoice Finance and Arbuthnot Commercial ABL together with, on the borrower side, AIM listed businesses, technology and life sciences companies, real estate investors and other corporate and institutional clients. An important growth area for the team will be working with international banks operating out of London (including large US and Chinese banks) and other debt funds.

You will be 8+ PQE with experience gained in a firm renowned for banking and finance work. Your experience will be substantially or wholly gained working in the banking and finance sector., * Technically strong

• Excellent written English for drafting purposes

• Good time and file management skills

• Negotiation skills

• Self-starting with common-sense and initiative

• Attention to detail

• Ability to build good working relationships with clients and potential clients

• Excellent interpersonal and the ability to project manage and lead a team on a portfolio.

As you’d expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. to find out more about our core benefit offering.