Banking & Finance Partner | National

About the Firm

Where finance becomes more specialised, international and commercially complex, having the right breadth of expertise matters.

Our client is an international law firm with a comprehensive finance offering spanning debt finance, asset finance, ABL and trade finance, venture debt and growth finance, structured finance and securitisation. Its lawyers advise banks, specialist lenders, funds, borrowers and other market participants, combining transactional expertise with access to complementary corporate, real estate, tax and restructuring capabilities.

For an accomplished Banking & Finance Partner, this is the chance to bring established relationships and specialist expertise into a firm with considerable UK and European reach.

• Advise lenders, borrowers, funds and other market participants on sophisticated financing transactions.
• Handle corporate lending alongside leveraged and acquisition finance matters.
• Bring expertise from a complementary specialism such as asset finance, ABL and trade finance, real estate finance, venture debt or structured finance where relevant.
• Structure and negotiate facilities, security arrangements and associated finance documentation.
• Navigate multi-jurisdictional transactions with input from finance lawyers across the firm's European offices.
• Broaden relationships by connecting clients with corporate, real estate, tax, regulatory and restructuring specialists.
• Generate new mandates through your own network while capitalising on introductions and connections across the business.
• Add further weight to the firm's banking and finance credentials in the UK market.

• A Partner with substantial experience in banking and finance.
• A respected track record advising on significant lender or borrower-side transactions.
• A portable client base and evidence of successfully generating instructions.
• Technical depth in one or more areas of debt finance, leveraged or acquisition finance, asset finance, ABL and trade finance, real estate finance, venture debt or structured finance.
• The commercial awareness to understand the financing objectives behind a transaction rather than approaching matters solely from a legal perspective.
• Confidence operating with banks, funds, alternative lenders, corporates and other sophisticated stakeholders.
• The relationships, reputation and commercial outlook to complement the firm's existing finance capabilities.

• A rewarding financial proposition tailored to your experience, relationships and commercial track record.
• The breadth of a finance group covering traditional lending alongside alternative and specialist financing products.
• Access to banking institutions, funds, specialist lenders, borrowers and other participants across the financial markets.
• European capability for transactions requiring advice across several jurisdictions.
• The ability to offer clients an integrated service across finance, corporate, real estate, tax, regulation and restructuring.
• Scope to make a tangible contribution to the firm's UK banking and finance offering.
• The resources and connections of an international firm to help broaden relationships, generate new instructions and take an established finance offering further.