Job Description

Our Banking and Finance practice acts for banks, non-traditional lenders, public sector bodies and borrower clients in relation to a wide range of financing transactions.



The team are now looking for a talented lawyer to join them as an Associate in London. With a strong rating in Chambers, and an enviable FTSE 250 client list, this is an excellent opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary banking practice with national and international reach.

So what will you be doing?



Working from our offices in London Bridge, you will be part of our London practice and a member of our national banking team. You will have opportunity to work with great clients, on high value and complex transactions including international as well as domestic financings, re-financings and restructurings. One day you might be part of the team advising a lender on an investment property financing transaction with a borrower group based in a multiple overseas jurisdictions or working with a private equity investor on the financing aspects of a corporate acquisition, and the next you could be working with a client on debt restructuring or advising a public sector body in connection with a residential development transaction.

What does the ideal candidate look like?



You'll be a lawyer with 3-6 years' experience and have good general banking transactional experience. You'll pride yourself on your ability to work collaboratively to achieve results. You'll have an analytical mind and enjoy the intellectual challenge that this work presents. Your pragmatism and commercial outlook together with excellent drafting and organisational skills will be vital in supporting our clients.



You will have an entrepreneurial spirit and be looking for a role that allows you to further develop your knowledge, expertise and reputation. You will be keen to work closely with a partner and take an active part in developing client relationships, building the regional and national business, and excited by the opportunity to align yourself to the team's specialist practice areas (corporate finance, real estate finance, asset finance and public finance) and/or one or more of our sector groups.



You will want to take responsibility for running smaller matters yourself, and be a key member of the wider transactional team working on larger financings. You will also be personable, a team player and keen to be involved in business development initiatives. You will be looking for an opportunity to apply skills already learned in new ways, and as well as develop specialist skills that will help you to move your career forward.



To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:


3 + years post qualification experience as a UK (England, Wales or Scotland) Solicitor. Experience of good quality banking or finance work (or equivalent in-house experience). Proven black-letter drafting skills and analytical skills. The ability to deliver complex advice in a coherent and practical way that is easy for non-lawyers to understand.

What makes it great to work here?



We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!



As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.



Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.



We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.



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