Banking Lawyers (5+ PQE)

The Firm

At Addleshaw Goddard we not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them. A natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets and for the best talent, our people fulfil their potential in an environment where they are developed and valued. We put ourselves in our clients’ shoes, as part of a team of effective business people as well as efficient lawyers.

The Group and role

Located within the Finance & Projects Division, our Finance Group has a strong (and growing) City presence and market-leading teams across the rest of the UK with significant presence internationally. The Group acts for a wide variety of UK and international banks, investment funds, alternative lenders, FinTechs and corporate borrowers. The Group as a whole has significant capability in Corporate Banking, Leveraged Finance, Funds Finance, Speciality Finance, Structured Finance & Derivatives, Debt Capital Markets, Real Estate Finance and Social Housing Finance, with 30 partners and over 85 other fee earners in the UK.

We are looking for mid-level to senior associates/legal directors (of counsel) across several banking work streams, particularly across our busy, successful and well-established growth practice areas of funds finance and structured finance, which are led by 6 market-renowned partners: Jeremy Cross, Angus Gill, Zoe Connor, Rachel Kelly and Carl Posern. Previous sector experience is not essential - we will train and support you. This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career by specialising in one or more areas of interest, being part of, and helping to grow, newer practice areas for the firm.

We require experienced lawyers who are comfortable holding the drafting pen, know their way around LMA facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and market standard security documents.
Successful candidates will be:

• ambitious
• detail-focused with good judgement
• self-motivated and proactive
• confident in running transactions (with supervision and support available)
• confident in building relationships with and dealing with clients on a daily basis
• collaborative and good team players

We acknowledge that you will also want to demonstrate your ambition to move up the promotional ladder by proving your capabilities. We offer senior career development whereby the partners will support and help you to devise a business case.

At Addleshaw Goddard we not only have client relationship partners, we also have client relationship associates and we’d love for you to sign up. Offering exposure and the chance to develop client relationships from early in your career.

Our Approach: Best Place to Work

As a firm, we aim to provide a positive experience to everyone who works here and provide excellent financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of a person’s gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and communities. If you want us to make any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process to help you perform to your best, just let us know. We promote:

Culture
Diversity

Women

Soft skills / awards (not just technical)

Flexible working

Benefits

Mental Health

Mindful Business Charter

Bonus incentives

What can you expect?

An attractive, competitive pay package.

A supportive team culture where we all look out for each other, at all levels.

Regular engagement with senior lawyers and partners who genuinely care about your development and training.

Regular firm wide and team training sessions that support this, plus access to all the sessions we have done before.

Secondment opportunities if you want them.

We aim to provide a positive experience to everyone who works here. Therefore, we offer the following benefits:

• Flexible and agile working
• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Competitive employer matched pension contribution rate
• Health and wellbeing subsidy, up to £180 per year
• One day per year to volunteer (as part of our CSR initiative)
• Buy/Sell holidays (up to 5 days each year)
• Mental health and wellbeing initiatives such as The Mindful Business Charter, Mental Health Champions and 1:1 session with an in-house professional
• Market leading talent referral bonus incentives
• AG Excellence awards for the recognition of exceptional effort
• Opt in private medical and private dental insurance
• Opt in annual health screening
• Voluntary critical illness cover
• Annual discretionary bonus plan

We look forward to hearing from you.