Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:
Shape the Future of Our Finance Practice
Legal Director/Senior Associate – Banking & Finance
In this strategic and high-impact position we are looking to hire a finance lawyer ready to take the next step in their career and join our award-winning corporate team.
This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape an existing banking and finance offering into a more unified and visible market practice. You will be instrumental in helping to guide our current practice in a new direction as part of the team.
In this role, you will:
- Lead on the delivery of banking and finance work in a growth-oriented banking and finance practice, with a chance to help shape an extension into Private Credit and Private Capital.
- Build on an existing institutional platform that already boasts deep-rooted bank and lender relationships.
- Strengthen cross-referrals from our market-leading real estate, corporate, and private wealth teams to ensure a consistent pipeline of work of borrower-led and private lender work.
- Leverage and build existing relationships within a supportive and ambitious team, helping to create a more unified and visible market practice.
About you
- Established Banking and Finance Legal Director/Senior Associate 5+ years PQE ideally with strong connections and relationships at existing banking clients and corporate borrowers
- Proven ability to deliver profitable institutional lender work
- Strong relationships across banking markets
- Ideally has established relationships and connections with private credit funds, alternative lenders and exposure to ESG/sustainable/green finance
You'll spend at least 60% of your working week in the office, though we know there is no one-size-fits-all and arrangements may vary from role to role. Our strong culture is founded on working together in the office, which we aim to maintain through our people being regularly co-located, working cohesively and in collaboration with one another.
A certified B Corp™
At Cripps, our purpose is to make a positive and lasting difference. It’s why we do what we do. In 2024, we became a certified B Corporation to make a legal and very public commitment that we mean what we say. As one of only a handful of UK B Corp law firms, we are held accountable to our social and environmental promises. We are transparent on what we are doing well and where we are falling short. We are excited about the opportunities this affords us to continually improve as a responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business. Come and join us to help solve real world problems, champion big ambitions, and make a personal impact on our people, our clients, our planet, and our communities.
Find out more here.Certified B Corporation™ | Cripps.
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of post-qualification experience in banking and finance law
- Established banking and finance legal experience
- Proven ability to deliver profitable institutional lender work
- Strong relationships across banking markets
- Strong connections with banking clients and corporate borrowers
- Established relationships with private credit funds and alternative lenders
- Experience with ESG, sustainable, or green finance
What We Do
Cripps is an English law firm serving corporate and personal clients in the UK and internationally. It provides legal advice across corporate, real estate, litigation, private client, banking and finance, and sector-specific matters including technology, retail, hospitality, automotive, and charities. The firm positions itself as lawyers for business and life, helping clients solve problems and pursue their ambitions.
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