Solicitor/Associate – Banking and Finance

Role Overview

• Responsible for the day to day running of transactions. Leading and managing matters, coordinating parties and driving transactions efficiently.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating banking and capital markets documentation for funder and borrower clients (as applicable).
• Providing support to other fee earners within the Governance, Corporate and Funding Group (in which the Funding Team sits) to share knowledge and expertise.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships (on both the funder and borrower side).
• Building a presence (and supporting the growth of the Funding Team’s presence) within all relevant sectors.
• Meeting/exceeding monthly billing targets.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor/Associate with 3+ years’ PQE in banking/finance is desirable
• Strong lender-side experience in real estate finance.
• Exposure to social housing finance transactions desirable.
• Experience in capital market transactions desirable.
• Proven ability to manage complex matters and stakeholder relationships.

Benefits

• Birmingham, located roles, we have a newly refurbished office in the City centre with an on-site café and free use of Gym facilities
• For Manchester vacancies, we have a City Central site, with newly refurbished facilities
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas.
• The opportunity to give back and have 3 days available for social purpose volunteering.
• All IT equipment and support for effective home working
• An excellent development training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise