Associate: Debt Finance

Min 4 yrs required

Full-time

No

SEO friendly job title: Mid-Level Associate - Debt Finance (Americas)
H1 heading: Join White & Case's Elite Global Law Firm as a Mid-Level Associate in Debt Finance
H2 heading: Gain Diverse Experience in Multi-Jurisdictional Transactions Across Key Financial Markets

Associate: Debt Finance - Americas
New York, Boston, Miami and Los Angeles

Law Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Law Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Law Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

We are seeking mid-level associates with substantial experience in managing and negotiating debt finance transactions to join our Americas Banking practice. This role is open to candidates in New York, Boston, Miami, and Los Angeles. You should have a strong academic background and a genuine interest in domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Candidates with borrower-side experience and/or fund finance experience (but not exclusively) are encouraged to apply. As an ambitious and passionate individual, you must be ready for the challenges of working in a global law firm, possess strong interpersonal skills, and thrive in a team environment.

As an associate, you will have the opportunity to work with all finance partners and teams based in other offices, gaining diverse experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions across a wide range of industries.

At White & Case, we offer high-quality, internationally-oriented work on the most challenging bank finance and capital markets transactions, a competitive salary package, and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organization.

Our Practice Area

With established teams in every major financial market, we are trusted by many of the world’s largest financial institutions, alternative capital providers, private equity funds, and corporates to handle their largest and most complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. Widely recognized as leaders in our field, we offer both international reach and a depth of local resources—advising on the full spectrum of financing matters and structuring innovative, often ground-breaking deals.

From the moment you join us, you will be working alongside leading practitioners, supporting multi-disciplinary teams composed of colleagues from within our group and across the firm’s M&A, Capital Markets, and Project Finance groups. An exciting, fast-paced practice, we expect our associates to deliver outstanding work to tight deadlines and to display the cool head and positive mindset to flourish in a pressurized environment.

As an associate, you will be expected to take a lead on many of the day-to-day tasks involved in ensuring that deals are running smoothly and will have a high degree of contact with clients, opposing counsel, and other parties. Your core responsibilities will also include vital contractual work, such as reviewing initial drafts of commitment letters and loan documents, preparing succinct issues lists, and preparing revised drafts reflecting client comments.

Supported by your team at every step, you will find the work both challenging and rewarding, with excellent opportunities for learning and professional development.

Duties and Accountabilities

- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commitment letters and term sheets as well as primary loan and security documentation and ancillary deliverables
- Preparation and review of issues lists and summary grids
- Conducting legal research, depending on client needs
- Managing deal teams and processes from initial discussions through closing and post-closing matters
- Managing and conducting due diligence
- Primary point of contact for clients, opposing counsel, and other transactional legal teams
- Assisting clients with ongoing deal administration including joinders, amendments, interpretive questions, collateral matters, etc.
- Providing direct assistance to senior lawyers on matters arising in the course of day-to-day provision of legal services to leading international and domestic corporate clients
- Attending and presenting educational seminars
- Exercising good judgment in internal and external written and verbal communications
- Mentoring and training of junior team-members and attendance at, and participation in, continuing education classes and client development initiatives

Qualifications

- At least four years of debt finance experience
- Preferred experience includes sponsored finance, syndicated lending, acquisition/leveraged finance (borrower side) and/or direct lending and private credit transactions; experience w/ fund finance is a plus (but not exclusively fund finance)
- Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker
- Commercial and business awareness
- Outstanding communication skills
- Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects
- Excellent drafting skills
- Driven by professional growth
- Strong professional presence
- Client service focus
- Team player
- Strong judgment
- Proactive, resourceful, takes initiative and a self-starter
- Fluency in English required, fluency in Spanish would be a plus
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing

Location and Reporting

This is an associate role based in New York, Boston, Miami, and Los Angeles.

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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Competitive salary package, Opportunity for professional development, Global network, Diverse and inclusive workplace

English (fluency in Spanish is a plus)

Negotiation, Legal Research, Drafting, Due Diligence, Communication, Time Management, Teamwork, Client Service, Business Awareness, Judgment, Proactivity

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Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter, and any other required materials through the firm's online application system.

Qualification and Experience At least four years of debt finance experience, Strong academic record, Admitted to the bar and in good standing

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