Banking & Finance Associate/Senior Associate (5+ PQE)

As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for an eleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.

Looking to the future, we're targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the best people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers

Following continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for an Associate or a Senior Associate to join our Banking & Finance team.

We are an ambitious and dynamic team of banking & finance specialists, who act for a wide range of clients across a number of sectors, including healthcare, social housing, property development, local authority and education.

We regularly act for lender, investor, corporate and developer clients on funding for property acquisitions and development, corporate acquisitions and refinancing. We are continuing to expand our client base, winning places on an increasing number of bank panels, including those of challenger banks and specialist real estate lenders, notably in the healthcare sector. Our recognised expertise in healthcare finance means that we are frequently instructed on high-value and complex transactions.

We are ranked in the top tiers for social housing, healthcare and local authority work by both Chambers and Legal 500. We are also proud to have won Legal Advisor of the Year (Transactional) at the HealthInvestor Awards for four consecutive years and are again a finalist for the upcoming awards in June 2025.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a large variety of work and a chance to meaningfully contribute to the growth of our Banking & Finance practice, by building relationships with clients and engaging in business development initiatives.

Key activities include:

Drafting, negotiating and agreeing facility agreements and other finance documents.
Leading and driving on key transactions, taking ownership for the same, with the support of partners.
Supervising, developing and coaching other members of the team.
Building new and existing client relationships, as you develop your own practice as part of our continued growth.
Contributing to the strategy and vision for the Banking & Finance Practice and the sector specific focus groups of the firm.