General Lending Lawyer
About this role
We are currently seeking a General Lending Lawyer to work with Axiom’s clients across a variety of sectors. This role involves providing practical, business-focused legal advice and support on a wide range of lending transactions. You will act for lenders, borrowers, and institutional clients on general lending matters, including syndicated and bilateral loan arrangements.
Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice and support on general lending transactions, including secured lending, asset-based lending, bilateral loans, and syndicated loan arrangements acting for both lenders and borrowers.
- Draft, negotiate, and review loan documentation, including loan agreements, facility agreements, security documentation, intercreditor agreements, and ancillary financing documents.
- Support clients on complex financial transactions and debt finance matters, ensuring documentation aligns with commercial and regulatory requirements.
- Manage domestic and cross-border lending transactions, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external counsel where required.
- Liaise with key stakeholders within the business to provide practical, commercially focused legal advice throughout the transaction lifecycle.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practice in the UK with the right to work in the UK.
- Private practice experience within a Banking & Finance team, with a focus on general lending and loan documentation.
- Demonstrated experience advising on facility agreements, secured lending, bilateral and syndicated loans, intercreditor agreements, and security documentation.
- Experience gained at leading law firms; in-house or secondment experience is advantageous but not essential.
- Strong commercial awareness, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build effective relationships while delivering pragmatic legal solutions.
Compensation, Benefits & Location:
This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements.
Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.
Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
Learn more about working at Axiom.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
We understand that many legal professionals have chosen to adopt the consultancy model, and we are happy to discuss this option with you. We offer both consultants and employees the opportunity to work with our enviable client roster. Contact us in complete confidence to find out more about opportunities to work with Axiom as an employee or consultant.
Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at benefits@axiomlaw.com and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line.
Axiom Global Limited is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 11777468 Registered Office: Challoner House, 3rd Floor, 19-21 Clerkenwell Close, London, UK, EC1R 0AA.
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