Senior Associate - Banking We are newly recruiting for a Senior Associate and Associate to join our Banking team in Belfast. Our Banking team is ambitious and continues to expand, with expertise across each of our UK offices. We provide expert and commercial advice in all areas of general corporate lending - including acquisition finance, real estate finance and renewables finance. We have the capacity to deal with all instructions, from the largest cross border syndicated transactions through to lower level strategically important bilateral lending. Your Role The focus of our Banking team is acting lender side on transactions including acting for all of the UK clearing banks, alternative lenders and investment funds. The team also advises borrower side for many of the firm's corporate and real estate clients who are undertaking transactions in the debt markets. The team in Belfast focus primarily on the Northern Irish banking and finance market alongside working on both English law and Irish law transactions. We regularly advise on cross jurisdictional matters. Our team is supported by highly regarded experts in restructuring and insolvency, property, corporate, energy and construction, all with significant experience and understanding of the way in which lending institutions operate. We pride ourselves on understanding the needs of our clients, listening to them and then providing clear, straightforward commercially pragmatic advice that offers a real solution. This is an excellent opportunity for you to gain a broad and varied caseload, working with notable clients. You will receive bespoke training throughout your career and we will ensure that you have the technical and commercial skills to build an effective and successful practice and become a sector specialist. As a key addition to the team, day to day you can expect to:
• Manage your own caseload of banking matters and support the Partners with larger transactions
• Provide an excellent service to our clients by working closely with colleagues from other specialisms and (at times) from across the wider Banking and Finance team;
• Support the Partners in business development matters and help to strengthen the relationships with new and existing clients
• Demonstrate an understanding of the client's business and an ability to secure new work within existing client relationships to develop the account
• Delegate tasks to other team members appropriate to their job role level and skill to ensure the optimum use of available resource and utilisation
• Supervise work delegated to other team members as a means of developing others adopting a supportive and coaching approach
• Focus on financial implications and targets at a team and group level Your Skills & Experience We are looking for:
• Two qualified lawyers, one 1-3PQE Associate and a 4-6PQE Senior Associate, each with prior banking/finance experience within a commercial firm
• Qualified in Northern Ireland, Ireland and/or England and Wales
• Senior Associate candidate should have experience in drafting LMA style loan documentation essential, preferably with a good knowledge of real estate finance and/or corporate finance
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
• Commercial awareness with enthusiasm for business development, and an appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus
• An ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture Your Team Operating from offices across the UK, our expanding and ambitious partner-led team provide tactical, commercially minded services across all aspects of financing. We act for a broad range of debt funders and have positions on the general lending panels of nearly all the high street lenders. In addition, we act for a wide spectrum of corporate borrowers in all of our key sectors in the investment and non investment grade spaces. We provide clear commercial advice on all areas of restructuring and insolvency law. With broad and deep expertise in restructuring and insolvency, and specialism in the acquisition and disposal of debt portfolios, we act for everyone from corporates and their boards to banks and government agencies. From large restructuring, workouts and formal insolvencies to acting for individual creditors and assisting stakeholders, we're ready when clients need us. About TLT Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people. We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022. Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it's essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute. Our Benefits We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You'll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We're happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role. TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on