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Banking & Finance Lawyer

Employer
Burges Salmon
Location
Bristol
Salary
Competitive salary plus relocation, if applicable
Closing date
3 Oct 2017
Reference
BFL09/17~35592

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Practice area
Banking and finance
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
Newly qualified, 1 year
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

Team

Ranked Tier 1 by both Chambers and Legal 500, we have a "highly regarded team. acting on big ticket transactions” (Legal 500) which is "top quality, flexible and efficient" (Chambers). It comprises 5 partners and over 20 solicitors.

Work

Our banking and finance team advise borrowers, lenders and sponsors on a variety of debt (and debt-related) transactions. Transaction sizes vary from £1 million to £1 billion but our core market is debt of £20 million to £100 million.

Clients include UK and international banks, debt funds, investment funds and corporates including listed plcs.

Key areas of expertise are Real Estate Finance (including offices, hotels, student accommodation, care homes and housing), Energy and Infrastructure Finance, Transport Finance, Acquisition Finance, Derivatives and Asset Finance. We also regularly advise on mainstream corporate debt and security structures.

While the team is based in Bristol, most of our work originates in London and the rest of the UK (we also carry out Scots law work within the team). For cross-border matters, we work closely with our preferred firm international network.

Requirements

You should have an excellent academic record and already qualified, with recent relevant experience, gained from a firm with a strong banking and finance practice, together with a sound commercial understanding of the market.

You should have experience of a range of different debt financings and structures. In particular you should have a good working knowledge of drafting LMA-based documents.

As the team also carries out some Scots law banking work (we have three dual qualified lawyers), we also welcome applications from Scottish qualified solicitors but this is not a requirement.

Contact

For further information please contact, in confidence: angela.parfitt@burges-salmon.com

Tel: 0117 307 6026

Applications

To apply, please click on the link below.

Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

Company

Burges Salmon is the independent UK law firm whose unique model and collaborative culture delivers the best mix of advice, service and value.

Our clients range from the largest private and public sector organisations and institutions, to entrepreneurial businesses and wealthy individuals and families. Working from our offices in Bristol and London, we have built a progressive service culture based on collaboration and teamwork that is shaped around the needs of our clients to deliver a fantastic service and experience.

Operating in selected markets where our knowledge, experience and skills deliver highly effective solutions to our clients’ complex needs, we aim aims to be a leader not a follower in these markets. Burges Salmon works for clients in all three UK jurisdictions and across the globe, through an international network of leading independent law firms – our preferred firms.

Our objective is to provide clients with excellent service and advice, working with these preferred firms around the world to meet clients’ international needs, where relevant. The firm’s international experience spans all major sector and practice areas and primarily focuses on supporting its international clients around the world and overseas clients with their investment activities into the UK.

We are also focused on a number of corporate responsibility activities and collaborate with a wide range of organisations to build strong, sustainable relationships that have a lasting impact across three main areas: community, education and environment.  The firm was a founder member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance and, is committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing our carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices.

Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunity employer.

If you are interested in opportunities, either advertised or on a speculative basis and would like to speak to someone, please contact angela.parfitt@burges-salmon.com Tel: +44 (0) 117 307 6026.

Company info
Telephone
01173076026
Location
One Glass Wharf
Bristol
Choose a State/Province
BS2 0ZX
GB

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