Real Estate Finance - Associate in London

What we will offer you is a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance.

YOU CAN EXPECT:

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech, cycle and electric car schemes
• One day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties

Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.

We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.

Team Structure:

The Real Estate Finance team is part of our Debt Finance practice which in turn is part of our wider Finance practice group. The Debt Finance team deals with a wide range of transactional financings including real estate finance, leveraged finance, asset-based and special situations lending, secured and unsecured corporate lending, non-contentious debt restructurings and distressed situations involving corporate trustees. This role is for a dedicated Real Estate finance associate, but there will be opportunities to deploy and broaden your skill set supporting other teams within the Debt Finance practice.

This role is for an experienced Associate, to join our market-leading real estate finance team. Our team operates in the upper mid-market and we are looking for someone who has in-depth experience of that market. The size and profile of our transactions is increasing, so this is an excellent chance to benefit from and contribute to our growing reputation for complex, high value work as well as having the opportunity to share responsibility for more straightforward deals.

You will work on a mix of both borrower and lender side transactions and the ideal candidate will have experience of both. Your clients will include domestic and international banks, private capital lenders, sponsors and corporates.

You can expect to gain experience across a broad spectrum of acquisition and development financings, as well as cashflow lending transactions secured by operational assets such as hotels and care homes. You would also work alongside our dedicated real estate, planning and construction teams who collaborate seamlessly with the finance specialists as one transaction team when acting for our real estate finance clients.

You will join a team with an ambitious growth strategy backed by our senior leadership, in a role which offers room for career progression. There is genuine long term partnership track for the right candidate.

Much of the work is cross-border for which you will be navigating the challenges that can arise in overseas jurisdictions in order to ensure a smooth process. You would join a culture that is informal and supportive; we are aiming to do work of the highest quality, but in an environment which prizes enjoyment as well as excellence.

The Debt Finance team benefits from the support of a dedicated Knowledge Development Lawyers. The team is at the forefront of the firm’s testing and adoption of AI.

About the Firm:

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm, and we're committed to creating 'positive partnerships' with our clients. We represent listed and private companies, institutions and individuals, building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.

Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Capital and Funds, Technology, and Transportation and Trade.

With more than 1,500 people, including 250+ partners, across eleven offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world, blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.