Mid-level Associate, Infrastructure Finance
3 weeks ago
**LONDON - EXCHANGE HOUSE/SQUARE**
**THE OPPORTUNITY**
- Contribute to excellent client service and perform fee-earning work under supervision.
- Make an effective contribution to the firm’s work by aiming to meet and exceed target hours.
- Build on legal and commercial knowledge in chosen practice area.
- Begin cultivating relationships with current client contacts where possible and in some instances, be a direct point of contact.
**Key responsibilities**
- Advising a range of infrastructure funds as well as many global financial institutions on the acquisition financing of infrastructure assets
- Expected to be willing to be involved in some project finance transactions for both borrowers and lenders
- Leading and negotiating transactions (with senior associate support on larger deals), assisting and supervising more junior associates and trainees
- Building relationships with clients, identifying and acting on opportunities
- Plan, prioritise and delegate work tasks as appropriate and update supervising partner/senior associate on progress.
- Build client relationships - provide excellent client service and prompt responses and progress updates to the client.
- Support the firm and others - build effective relationships with individuals and groups in and across offices; uphold the firm’s values; and assist with the preparation of legal precedents, legal articles, marketing documents and presentations.
- Comply with risk requirements, firm policies and all relevant professional responsibilities and legislation.
**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- Qualified/admitted legal practitioner in relevant jurisdiction.
- Currently/trained at a magic circle, US, silver circle or top tier Aus/NZ firm
- Strong foundation legal skills, including drafting, writing, negotiation and project management.
- Technically strong, self-starter (ie able to run principal finance workstreams on large deals and smaller deals independently) who enjoys BD as well as transactional work
- Must be highly familiar with facility and commitment documentation, having drafted documentation from start to finish on LMA standard terms
- Familiar with law firm profitability and key drivers for financial efficiency.
- Basic understanding of the client sectors relevant to the chosen area of law.
**Competencies**
**Personal leadership**
- Embraces challenge and finds opportunities to develop and sustain themselves
**Technical capability**
**Contributes to the success of others**
- Volunteers, assists others and contributes to positive team spirit
**Supports the delivery of outcomes**
- Contributes to the smooth and effective running of matters
**Enhances the client experience**
- Helps to create a positive working relationship with clients
**Contributes to building the firm**
- Builds and innovates for the firm’s future
**GROUP / TEAM**
Finance
**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**
- The Infrastructure Finance team in London consists of 4 partners and a group of associates focused on the financing of both brownfield (M&A) and greenfield (project) financings. The team forms part of a broader Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Finance group.
- The products involved include acquisition finance (including holdco/midco finance), project finance, some hybrid products and (to a lesser extent) fund level finance for infrastructure funds (capital call and NAV facilities).
- The Infrastructure Finance team works across the entire infrastructure sector including transport, energy transition (renewables, batteries EV charging etc), digital infrastructure, water and waste and healthcare.
- The practice in Europe has a substantial presence in London, Paris, Madrid, Milan and Düsseldorf. Outside of Europe the practice operates in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and throughout Asia and Australia where we are the leading and largest firm in the market.
- We are highly ranked in all of the directories (eg Tier 1 in Legal 500 for Project, Energy & Natural Resources (Infrastructure and Power).
- We have acted on some of the most complex and ground-breaking infrastructure finance deals. Clients include infrastructure and energy funds, banks and debt funds, multilateral agencies, project sponsors and governments.
- Key clients include: Antin, GIC, QIC, DWS, EIP, GS Global Infra, Brookfield Debt, Santander and Lloyds**Recent work includes**:
- Antin on the senior refinancing of its Spanish fibre to the home (FTTH) business, Lyntia Access
- GIC on the holdco financing for its acquisition of 30% of CETIN, a leading telecommunications infrastructure provider operating across CEE
- lenders on the refinancing of specialist care home business, Achieve Together (owned by InfraBridge)
- Bharti on the finance aspects of its acquisition, together with the UK Government, of satellite communications company, OneWeb
- GIC and Blackrock on the finance aspects of the acquisition of Kellas, the North Sea gas transmission business
- a confidential infra fund on the financing
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