Leveraged Finance Senior Associate
- Join a leading Global Loans team at Ashurst Perkins Coie.
- Work on complex leveraged finance transactions with significant client relationships.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to junior lawyers while engaging directly with clients.
Job Title Leveraged Finance Senior Associate Location Sydney Description
At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.
What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?
- Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
- Family & caring - 26 weeks paid parental leave
- Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
The Opportunity
Our widely acknowledged, first class Global Loans team is a core practice area of the firm, originating significant deal mandates in its own right and managing many of the firms most significant client relationships.
We specialise in "high end" larger cap and complex corporate finance transactions and are a Band 1 team ranked by Chambers. We regularly advise on the full range of debt financing structures in sponsor event driven financings, including A$ unitranche financing, Aust TLB,US TLB sourced financings of Australian targets, conventional Australian leveraged loan, Holdco mezz and ARR financings to SaaS / tech businesses.
As a result of a growing pipeline of work our Global Loans team is looking to hire a Senior Associate to work on leveraged finance transactions.
A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page: ashurstperkinscoie.com/en/careers
We are interested in hearing from people who have:
- 5+ years' loan markets experience gained within a top-tier firm, respected mid-tier firm or in-house, with experience in leveraged finance.
- Experience in engaging directly with clients to progress complex transactions, including working to tight deadlines where necessary, with appropriate partner support.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and superior analytical and drafting skills.
- A commercial approach and an ability to articulate and negotiate effectively.
- The ability to be team-focused and provide leadership and mentoring to junior lawyers in the team whilst also work independently.
We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.
If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact: globalresourcing@ashurstperkins.com for a confidential conversation.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst Perkins Coie. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
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