Banking and Asset-Based Lending Lawyer

Banking and Asset-Based Lending Lawyer: 2-4 years PQE Location: Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester Brief We are currently looking to recruit a Banking Lawyer with 2 to 4 years PQE to join our regional Team (based out of one of Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester). Whilst the ideal candidate will have some invoice finance, receivables financing or asset-based lending experience, candidates with a general Banking background are also encouraged to apply since knowledge of more general banking / LMA work is essential. Background We advise a broad range of funders and borrowers on a wide variety of financing transactions, both bilateral and syndicated. We act for all the UK clearing banks, a number of other European and investment banks, independent financiers and investment funds on all types of facilities across asset-based lending, receivables finance and more mainstream corporate, leveraged and real estate finance. The wider structured finance team (which is part of the overall Banking Team) also advise on securitisation and debt capital markets transactions some of which the regional team will have an opportunity to be involved in should they wish to get involved. We also act for many borrowers, from listed companies to small enterprises, on their financings. Our practice is broad which means our team can experience some truly excellent work. We are looking to expand our asset-based lending team and are keen to find someone to help support and shape this growth. We deliver a high quality legal service banking and finance team with access to a deep knowledge of current market practice. We deliver a truly partner led service and strongly believe in being fully joined up across our network of offices. Our talented team of lawyers has an insight and appreciation of the needs and pressures of clients in the financial services sector. We are renowned for the quality and speed of delivery of our advice, our innovative thinking and our grasp of commercial issues and are looking for like minded individuals to join the team. Key clients include: Doncasters Limited Hill & Smith Plc Simpsons Malt Limited HSBC Bank plc Barclays Bank PLC Shawbrook Bank Limited Secure Trust Bank plc RBS Invoice Finance Limited Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited Work highlights: Acting for Doncasters Limited in connection with their c.$800m aggregate funding arrangements. Acting for Pertemps Network Group Limited in connection with the refinance of their £110,000,000 receivables finance facility. Advising the banking syndicate in relation to the £105,000,000 receivables finance facility refinance of Staffline Group plc alongside their IPO. Advising City Electrical Factors in connection with their new £225,000,000 ABL facility. Advising Sykes Seafood Holdings in connection with their £150,000,000 ABL refinance. Acting for Hill & Smith Plc in connection with all aspects of their financing arrangements which includes both the syndicated bank debt and the private placement debt. Advising Simpsons Malt Limited in connection with their £90m syndicated ABL facilities. The successful candidate will: have gained experience in a commercial firm but be willing to learn new skills; be a team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues both in the office and in an agile environment; be technically strong and exercise good commercial judgment; have the interpersonal skills necessary for this client-facing role; and have a "can-do" attitude and be willing to work with colleagues and partners collaboratively and enthusiastically in the national structured finance practice, and other senior lawyers in that group, on both transactions and practice development. What will we offer you? We are a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients. We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme, monthly 121s, career discussions and biannual appraisals. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver "best of breed" services. About the Firm Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice. We value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our people can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever their ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics. We have embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which our people can flourish. We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology. Awards We’re being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT’s most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters’ leading legal brand in their UK index. We have been recognised as by Stonewall as a

Top Global Employer

. Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBT+ inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a '

Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023

' for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as a

Disability Confident Employer

by the

Department for Work & Pensions

and we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500. Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades

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