2027 Fall Associate – Debt Finance

About the role

Cooley LLP’s Debt Finance practice group is recruiting 3L law students (JD 2027) to join the entry level class in our New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and Washington, DC offices. We are recruiting 2027 JD graduates for this position.

Responsibilities

• Solve legal issues for entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions and established companies with a significant emphasis on technology, life sciences and other high growth industries.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously with a high level of attention to detail.

Requirements

• Dedicated interest in debt finance.
• High level of academic achievement from a nationally recognized law school.
• Work experience within a corporate or professional environment, though no prior debt finance experience is required.

Qualifications

• JD 2027 graduate.
• Passionate about solving legal issues for entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions and established companies with a significant emphasis on technology, life sciences and other high growth industries.

Skills

• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Benefits

• Full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits.
• Firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits.
• Accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year.
• Generous parental leave and fertility benefits.

Pay

$225,000

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the law students and the firm's clients.