Associate, Debt Finance

Duties And Accountabilities

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commitment letters and term sheets as well as primary loan and security documentation and ancillary deliverables
• Preparation and review of issues lists and summary grids
• Conducting legal research, depending on client needs
• Managing deal teams and processes from initial discussions through closing and post-closing matters
• Managing and conducting due diligence
• Primary point of contact for clients, opposing counsel and other transactional legal teams
• Assisting clients with ongoing deal administration including joinders, amendments, interpretive questions, collateral matters, etc.
• Providing direct assistance to senior lawyers on matters arising in the course of day-to-day provision of legal services to clients
• Attending and presenting educational seminars
• Exercising good judgment in internal and external written and verbal communications
• Mentoring and training of junior team-members and attendance at, and participation in, continuing education classes and client development initiatives

Qualifications

• At least four years of debt finance experience
• PREFERRED: Sponsored finance, syndicated lending, acquisition/leveraged finance (either borrower or lender side) and/or direct lending and private credit transactions
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker
• Project management experience
• Commercial and business acumen
• Outstanding communication skills
• Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects and teams
• Excellent drafting skills
• Driven by professional growth
• Client service focus
• Team player
• Strong judgment
• Proactive, resourceful, takes initiative and a self-starter
• Fluency in English required
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing