Associate/Senior Associate Solicitor - Banking and Finance- Leeds/Manchester

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We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business, and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.


Your Role and The Team

Your Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a growing team as an Associate/Senior Associate. You’ll have the chance to work closely with partners and be involved in varied and interesting transactions right from the start, working with well- established clients. Given the nature of the role, you will be highly organised and be able to work pragmatically. The role will involve working independently with support where required from partners but also working as part of a team for larger projects.

You’ll work to participate in relevant practice development initiatives, seek to get involved with business development opportunities and keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice. To drive best practice further, you will be an exceptional team player with the ability to work collaboratively to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and to develop other team members.


Our Team

Irwin Mitchell’s Banking and Finance Team, led in Leeds by Paddy Sturman, has substantial experience in banking and debt finance transactions across a wide range of sectors and with a national footprint. The Team regularly advises banks, funders and borrowers on real estate finance (both investment and development), leveraged finance and corporate banking transactions.

The Banking and Finance Team’s clients include HSBC UK Bank plc, National Westminster Bank plc, Lloyds Banking Group, Santander UK plc, ThinCats, Nortdeutshce Landesbank and ICG as well as some high profile real estate development businesses and corporates.

What we have been doing recently:

Advised HSBC on a syndicated £60,000,000 refinancing of a large, private equity backed Care Home Group
Advised Lloyds and Santander on a syndicated £135,000,000 financing to a well-known northern housebuilder.
Advised Gravity Fitness on a complex fund financing
Advised ICG on a £65,000,000 syndicated senior loan to an aparthotel business.
Advised Nordeutsche Landesbank on a £29,000,000 syndicated financing of a shopping centre.
Advised ThinCats on multiple leveraged facilities for varying purposes.
Worked regularly with HSBC, Santander and Lloyds on a range of corporate banking and real estate finance matters Read more