Associate – Leveraged Finance

Overview

In this Leveraged Finance Associate role, you will support a market-leading team on sophisticated cross-border financing transactions. You will work across leveraged and acquisition financing, private credit, syndicated facilities, asset-based lending, and digital infrastructure deals, collaborating with lenders, sponsors, and borrowers. You’ll draft and negotiate core financing documents and help structure English-law security packages, while coordinating multi-jurisdictional deal execution. This position offers strong mentoring, international exposure, and a path to develop a focused finance practice within a global platform.

Pay / Benefits

• discretionary year-end bonus
• private medical insurance
• life assurance
• enhanced family leave
• wellness benefits
• travel insurance

Responsibilities

• Advise on a broad range of financing transactions (leveraged, acquisition, private credit, syndicated facilities, ABL, Holdco PIK, fund financings, digital infrastructure)
• Support sponsors, lenders and corporate borrowers on cross-border deals
• Draft and negotiate commitment papers, facility agreements, and intercreditor documentation
• Advise on English law security packages and financing structures
• Collaborate with M&A, private equity, restructuring and capital markets teams on integrated transactions
• Assist with bridge-to-bond and other DCM structures
• Manage transaction workstreams and coordinate cross-border deal execution
• Build client relationships through direct interaction and contribute to business development initiatives
• Work with partners and senior lawyers to grow technical and commercial expertise

Key requirements

• Approximately 2–5 years’ PQE in a leading London finance practice or comparable common law jurisdiction
• Experience advising on leveraged finance, acquisition finance or related banking transactions
• Understanding of leveraged capital structures and loan products
• Experience acting for financial sponsors, lenders or corporate borrowers
• Drafting and negotiating finance documentation (commitment papers, loan agreements)
• Solid grounding in English law security arrangements
• Infrastructure finance experience is a plus but not essential
• Strong drafting, negotiation and transaction management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative client service mindset
• Strong academic credentials and long-term interest in developing a finance practice

• strong drafting and negotiation
• collaborative approach to client service
• transaction management under pressure
• leveraged finance
• acquisition finance
• private credit facilities

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