Senior Associate (Banking)
- Employer
- SaccoMann
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £70000 - £90000 per annum
- Closing date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Reference
- KMW146773
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- Practice area
- Banking and finance
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details

The Client
Our client is a globally recognised full-service law firm, well known for its exceptional client service and commitment to delivering high-quality legal work across a wide range of industries. With an outstanding reputation both nationally and internationally, the firm is renowned for fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive team environment. They are dedicated to the professional development of their employees, providing genuine opportunities for career progression and the chance to make a meaningful impact.
Benefits
- Hybrid working (3 days from the office, 2 days from home)
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Exposure to high-profile, complex work alongside market-leading professionals
- Clear pathways for career progression
The Role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing significant banking and finance transactions, including drafting, and negotiating complex legal documents such as loan agreements and security documentation.
- Providing strategic legal advice to clients on bespoke financial arrangements, ensuring solutions align with their commercial objectives.
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and contributing to business development initiatives.
- Conducting legal research on relevant banking and finance legislation, regulation, and case law to ensure the highest standard of client service.
- Mentoring and supervising junior team members, fostering their professional development.
- Collaborating with colleagues across practice areas, including corporate and real estate, to deliver integrated legal services to clients.
The Ideal Candidate
- You will have 6-8 years of PQE in banking, finance, or corporate law, with demonstrable expertise in leading complex transactions.
- A strong academic background combined with excellent legal research, drafting, and negotiation skills.
- A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver under tight deadlines.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this Leeds based Senior Associate (Banking) opportunity, or wish to apply, please contact Kieran Wallace at Sacco Mann on 0113 467 9797 or ask to speak to another member of the Private Practice team.
Company
Sacco Mann are specialist Legal Recruiters recognised as regional experts with a genuine interest in, as well as knowledge of, their marketplace. We are renowned for giving clear and straightforward career advice and true quality of service.
We have thirteen experienced consultants focussing on legal recruitment, encompassing the Commercial, General Practice, Public Sector and In House positions, both permanent and locum. In addition two consultants specialise within the Patents and Trademarks sector.
We feel that much of our success has been due to the fact that we:
- try to accurately guage and understand what both candidates and clients require and indeed that which they are able to offer and then bring the two together
- have a demonstrable knowledge of the marketplace. Fundamentally what you need is not merely someone who can post your CV to a practice, but someone whose strength of contacts within the firms can add value, ensuring that you are given proper consideration
- discuss each role with you thoroughly and get prior clearance before a CV is submitted. This is an extremely important for protecting confidentiality and avoiding duplication
- brief you fully prior to any interviews, ensuring that you know what the role entails and how the interview will be run. We also give you honest interview feedback - if you don't do very well in an interview you can always learn from the experience
- are accessible and return your calls
Why use Sacco Mann?
Principally because we believe that the points outlined above are fundamental. We enjoy recruitment, and we are good at it, because we genuinely enjoy assisting people make positive career moves. We don't shuffle paper because we know our marketplace and are therefore in a position to give reliable, knowledgeable and practical advice.
The vast majority of our applicants and clients are at pains to thank us for the advice and service that we provide and we believe the high level of referral business is a direct result of the fact that lawyers value our input.
- Leeds Tel: 0113 245 3338
- Manchester Tel: 0161 831 6890
- Midlands Tel: 0845 241 5644
- London Tel: 203 440 5628
- Website
- https://www.saccomann.com/
- Location
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Vantage Point
Hardman Street
Spinningfields
Manchester
M3 3HF
United Kingdom
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