Trainee Finance Administrator Trainee Finance Administrator

OVERVIEW OF OUR FINANCING PRACTICE // We are offering a fantastic opportunity for a professional, technically strong and engaging individual to join us as an Associate in our London-based Financing Stream which comprises 19 partners and c.We are recognised as a leading financing law firm and act for public and private corporates, financial institutions, sponsors, credit funds, governments and sovereigns. The Financing Stream has sub-streams comprising: Banking (including loan and acquisition financing (investment grade and leveraged), leasing and asset financing) Debt Capital Markets (including eurobonds, convertible bonds, high yield bonds, hybrid bonds, private placements and structured notes) Securitisation & Structured Finance Infrastructure, Energy and Natural Resources (including project financing) The sub-streams, led by six Partner sub-stream Heads and supported by dedicated PSLs, are focal points for know-how, training and business development (including client and networking events) in relation to the relevant products. including work for countless FTSE 100 and 250 corporates – Chambers UK (2024), The Legal 500 (2024) and IFLR 1000 (2024) all rank us in the top band for borrower bank lending. Our financing lawyers have the opportunity to work across the full spectrum of financing transactions, and we would generally expect each of our lawyers to work across at least 2 or 3 sub-streams. This broad experience means that our financing lawyers develop the versatility to work through complex legal issues and have the skills to create innovative structures and solutions to meet our clients’ needs. The vast majority of the work undertaken in the Financing Stream is international. Many of our clients are based overseas and the nature of our domestic client base is such that most of them have considerable overseas interests. Our Best Friends network ensures that we and our clients have access to the very best international legal advice which in turn enables us to see more than our fair share of the most interesting cross-border financing work. English law is often at the heart of a matter so we frequently find ourselves playing a key role project managing the international advisers and bringing all the strands of the matter together. We are looking for a highly motivated and versatile individual to join our Financing Stream with a focus on our Securitisation and Structured Finance sub-stream. Whilst we would expect the successful candidate to have a solid background in general financing and to understand and have experience of different financing products and transactions, the intention would be for them to have a focus on securitisations, asset backed financing and structured finance transactions. Advising on securitisations, repackagings and similar financing arrangements covering all assets classes (including RMBS, CMBS, credit cards, trade receivables, auto loans and commercial loans) for a range of market participants, including originators, arrangers and investors Advising on the acquisition and financing of portfolios of performing and/or non-performing financial assets Advising financial institutions on high value and complex significant risk transfer transactions Engaging with work on other types of financing arrangements advised on by the broader Financing Stream if client demands so require Drafting, reviewing and amending the legal and commercial aspects of all types of financing documentation – we want our associates to work on all elements of a transaction and not be limited to individual workstreams Managing/supervising the work of others, including other associates and trainees as required We do not expect candidates to have experience across all of the above areas. A successful candidate would need to be interested in securitisations and structured finance, willing to develop a practice focussed on these areas while being involved in a broader range of work in some or all of the other areas of practice in our Financing Stream. The successful candidate would be supported by access to our top-class training and know-how. Ability and desire to develop expertise across a range of financing practice areas Demonstrable first rate legal/commercial knowledge Strong academic background (the equivalent of a high 2.