Banking Principal / Senior Associate

The role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal /Senior Associate to join our market leading Energy and Infrastructure sector group, as part of our Banking and Finance practice - with a focus on developing our expertise and market share in London. We have an established banking team nationally which operate as one therefore, you'll benefit from taking part in shaping the local team and brand whilst having broad structure and support to help you progress in your career.

The work on offer is varied with a focus on energy and infrastructure finance, working across the full lifecycle of transactions—from early-stage structuring to financial close. Underlying assets will range from renewables, including solar and battery storage solutions, to digital infrastructure and telecoms. We deal with SPV, acquisition and corporate financings, acting for a mix of lender, borrower, sponsor and corporate clients.

We draft and negotiate facilities agreements and security documents, negotiate intercreditor arrangements and work closely with our corporate, commercial, real estate and restructuring teams and, where appropriate, overseas lawyers - to ensure an integrated service for our clients.

With a consistent volume of transactions, this is an excellent platform to assume matter responsibility with direct client engagement. There is ample opportunity to participate in client development initiatives, including as part of our wider energy and infrastructure sector group, Longer term opportunities for progression are aligned with the Firm’s strategic goals for the sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal /Senior Associate to join our market leading Energy and Infrastructure sector group, as part of our Banking and Finance practice - with a focus on developing our expertise and market share in London. We have an established banking team nationally which operate as one therefore, you'll benefit from taking part in shaping the local team and brand whilst having broad structure and support to help you progress in your career.

The work on offer is varied with a focus on energy and infrastructure finance, working across the full lifecycle of transactions—from early-stage structuring to financial close. Underlying assets will range from renewables, including solar and battery storage solutions, to digital infrastructure and telecoms. We deal with SPV, acquisition and corporate financings, acting for a mix of lender, borrower, sponsor and corporate clients.

We draft and negotiate facilities agreements and security documents, negotiate intercreditor arrangements and work closely with our corporate, commercial, real estate and restructuring teams and, where appropriate, overseas lawyers - to ensure an integrated service for our clients.

With a consistent volume of transactions, this is an excellent platform to assume matter responsibility with direct client engagement. There is ample opportunity to participate in client development initiatives, including as part of our wider energy and infrastructure sector group, Longer term opportunities for progression are aligned with the Firm’s strategic goals for the sector.

If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Charlotte Williams at Charlotte.Williams@shoosmiths.com

The team

Our national banking and finance team advises clients on a range of financing transactions across a wide variety of sectors, often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Acting for borrowers, lenders and investors means we have a practical understanding of the needs of all parties to a financing transaction. Our expertise extends to corporate lending, leverage finance, asset finance, real estate finance (investment and development), energy and infrastructure finance and invoice discounting both on a bilateral and a syndicated basis. We work closely with some of the UK's major banks and financial institutions and have approved panel status with many of them.

This is a senior opportunity within the London Banking and Finance team, offering the successful candidate the chance to take on a leading role in a high-growth practice.

The Firm

Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package

Shoosmiths is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident is a government scheme designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme replaced the Two Ticks Positive about Disabled People scheme. We had been accredited as a two tick employer for many years - Disability Confident broadens and develops that original commitment, and demonstrates we have adopted a proactive approach to employing disabled people and developing their abilities.

As part of our accreditation, we commit to interviewing any applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for each vacancy. In some circumstances we may only be able to interview those that best meet the essential criteria due to the volume of applications received.

Further information on the Disability Confident scheme is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to and usable by everyone. If you have a disability or long-term condition and would like to receive information in a different way, or need us to make any adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please get in touch with the Talent Acquisition team on Experienced.Hire@shoosmiths.com. We can consider your needs and requirements, and how we can assist you to apply for our roles. For example we can provide a copy of our application via email so that you can complete it using your own accessibility software.

Skills And Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will have at least 4 years PQE and have strong bank debt finance experience at their current firm with a focus on energy and infrastructure finance; they will be naturally inquisitive and proactive in their approach and will be as passionate as us in what we do. You will have experience liaising with lenders, borrowers, intermediaries and/or investors on the full transaction lifecycle.

As a people centric business, we invest heavily in developing our people by providing an innovative, flexible and supportive environment.

Equal opportunities

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.