Job Description

About the role and team

The Anthony Collins Funding team are looking to appoint a Banking and Finance Legal Associate to join their hugely successful and national team based in Birmingham or Manchester.



The market-leading Funding team, which is highly rated by Chambers and Legal 500 and are seen as thought leaders in various sectors, advise on the financings of housing associations, social-impact investors and banks, social enterprises, charities, health and social care entities, local authorities, as well as private sector bodies. The current team consists of four specialist social-impact funding lawyers (including a partner) and one legal assistant.



You will be advising on a range of finance matters work such as complex and innovative funding and finance-related projects including bonds often exceeding 100M, private placements, revolving credit facilities, development finance and joint ventures. The nature and complexity of the transactions being such that you will also often work with expert colleagues across the firm to ensure the project is delivered seamlessly for the client.



In 2024, the Funding Team supported housing associations on over 1.2B of new loan arrangements, including amendments, new agreements, aggregator and local authority loans, capital market deals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.




About the candidate

You should have excellent personal organisation and time management skills, demonstrable project- and client-management skills and the ability to build strong relationships of trust and confidence with peers and with clients. You will be expected to deliver funding projects in your own name (with support from a more senior colleagues where appropriate), to work with and supervise tasks carried out by junior solicitors, trainees and legal assistants.

Ideally the candidate will have the following experience:

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 and hold their confidence Ability to collaborate and work as part of a high performing team, taking ownership of work assigned Ability and desire to develop technical legal skills Strong communication and interpersonal skills Strong self-motivation and proactivity, and confident to use your own initiative where appropriate to deliver consistently high-quality work that meets the client's needs.

Our Benefits Include -

Hybrid working. 25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas. The opportunity to give back and have 3 days available for social purpose volunteering. For Birmingham Colleagues, we have a newly refurbished office with an onsite cafe and free access to an on-site gym. All IT equipment and support for effective home working An excellent technical training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise About the firm

Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose - to "improve lives, communities and society". For over 50 years we've been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.

What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We're extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.

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