Senior Banking & Finance Associate

Duties and Responsibilities
The economic climate has heightened both the risks and rewards involved in banking transactions. Finding the optimal deal structure and terms has never been so important. Our clients range from blue chip corporates and private equity sponsors to lending institutions that include banks, insurance companies, funds, and other financial institutions. Our core finance practice areas include leveraged and acquisition finance, funds lending, real estate finance, project finance, asset finance, syndicated lending, Islamic finance, and trade and commodity finance.
Technical Ability

• Understanding of legal principles of own practice area, along with a working knowledge of other practice areas
• Has project management responsibility, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards
• Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions
• Undertakes training of junior colleagues in technical areas of knowledge and skill

Client Focus

• Has good working relationships with clients
• Has a good understanding of client, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise, mentoring juniors colleagues in the team
• Has strong relationships and profile amongst all colleagues
• Ability to work effectively with others

Firm Mindedness
Understands the industry and market in which the practice stream and clients operate
Understands the industry and market in which the practice stream and clients operate

• Contributes to the management of the group/practice area by understanding the areas of specialism the firm’s capabilities and business plan
• Takes an active role in managing the firm's reputation both in and out of work
• Understands the responsibility to give back to our communities
• Understands the value of a diverse workforce
• All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services

Qualifications and Experience

• Admitted Attorney
• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of five years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience)
• Strong academic background
• Good attention to detail
• Good organisational skills
• Strong communication and analytical skills and a high level of commercial awareness
• Outstanding technical drafting abilities, being familiar with LMA style documents as well as more bespoke financing documents
• Strong technical legal skills and analytical and problem-solving skills
• Extensive cross border transactional experience, ideally with an international firm
• A solid understanding of project finance ideally in the energy sector
• Experience working with DFIs will be beneficial
• An ability to work to deadlines, prioritising work and meeting conflicting demands on time
• Demonstrable abilities to build and grow relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team
• A commercial appreciation of personal and team’s link to achieving financial targets (e.g., utilisation, realisation, work in progress)
• An ability to analyse and apply legal principles and facts

The candidate should have a good work ethic and be hard working and diligent. Be able to communicate effectively in a team structure. Be able to manage client relations and be able put the client first and always be responsive. In addition, the candidate must be smart, eloquent, achievement-oriented, takes pride in their work and is focused and able to work well under pressure in a deadline driven environment. The candidate must be a team player but also be able to complete tasks independently, timeously, and efficiently without micro-management.

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.
It is the company policy to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender identity, religion, sex or sexual orientation.