We have an exciting opening for an experienced Banking Solicitor (3-6PQE) to join our team in Aberdeen.
The Corporate and Leveraged Finance team sits within the Finance group at CMS. The team deals with several varied and interesting practice areas including leveraged and acquisition finance, TMT finance (especially fintech), corporate lending (including corporate real estate lending) and funds finance.
About The Role
We act on lending transactions across various sectors and product areas. Particular areas of sector focus include fintech and digital assets and corporate as well as corporate and leveraged finance work.
Fintech and Digital Assets
We are a small group of lawyers based in the Aberdeen and London team working closely together on debt funding deals where our fintech clients have graduated beyond venture debt.
The clients do a range of mainstream (e.g. SME lending) or novel (e.g. buy now pay later, revenue share) business. The work is a mix of private securitisations, similar deals outside the Securitisation Regulations, and forward flow deals.
We are part of the banking team but have market profile for our fintech work - CMS is ranked band #1 for Fintech (corporate and commercial) in the Legal 500.
We do high quality work and recent deals include private securitisations for Liberis (backed by Barclays), Uncapped (backed by Fortress), TradePlus24 (backed by Barclays and M&G), and Hokodo (backed by Viola).
Corporate and Leveraged Finance
We work on a full spectrum of high-profile banking and finance work including leveraged, real estate and acquisition finance. Our clients include household names in both the Scottish and UK finance market, with work being spread across both borrower and lender side transactions.
CMS is ranked band #1 for banking and finance work in Scotland, which is underpinned by the work carried out by the Aberdeen team.
The existing team based in Aberdeen comprises 1 partner, 1 senior associate, 1 associate, and a trainee.
About You
We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must meet the following skills and experience:
* You do not need to have any experience in the fintech industry or products that we work with.
* You want to work as part of a team that is friendly and curious.
* You are interested in working closely with clients who are purposeful and changing their industry.
What’s in it for you?
Benefits
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
* Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
* Flexible, hybrid working policy
* Generous bonus scheme
* Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
* Holiday exchange scheme
* Private medical insurance
* Enhanced parental leave
* Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.