Corporate Associate - Private Placement - Chicago

Greenberg Traurig has an excellent opportunity for an Associate to join the Corporate Finance Practice of our Chicago office. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years experience with corporate finance transactions and private placement securities offerings, including the structuring, negotiating and documenting of domestic and international private placements of debt and other securities, including secured and unsecured transactions, subordinated debt, project finance and general corporate financings.

GT’s Institutional Private Placement practice consists of representation of institutional investors in advising, structuring and documenting debt financing transactions.  Such transactions include straight corporate debt (secured and unsecured) as well as project and facility finance transactions and specialized real estate finance transactions—credit tenant loans (which are net lease backed financings that rely on the payment stream from the lease as the repayment source for the debt) as well as public private partnerships.  The transactions are both US based and cross border (with a focus in UK, Western Europe and Australia).

Our transactions involve most industry sectors, including power and energy, natural resources, pipelines, oil and gas, petrochemicals, airports, ship ports, real estate (REITs), production facilities, public housing, food processing, consulting, other service industries as well as real estate credit tenant loan financings involving federal and state governments, public and private universities, hospitals, resorts, hotels, medical office buildings, retail, data centers, and oil and gas facilities.

Requisite skills include structuring, negotiating and documenting financing arrangements for corporate credits as well as project finance and infrastructure projects; negotiating lenders’ interests in project-related agreements.

Submissions from search firms will only be accepted through our web portal for third-party submissions; for access, contact Julie Yedinak.

The expected pay range for this position is:

$225,000-$260,000 per year

Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  Full time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.  Additional voluntary programs include:  voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance and pet insurance.  Commuter and Transit programs may also be available in certain markets.

GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis.