Associate (Banking) - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Harrison Clark Rickerbys

Harrison Clark Rickerbys

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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About The Role
**Our Banking and Finance team work with a variety of businesses to help them to secure funding to grow their business. Our specialist team work closely with their clients to really understand their needs to find the right funding solution for them. Whether it's the launch of a new product or the acquisition of a new company, we are able to provide innovative approaches to funding in order to meet our clients' needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Banking Solicitor to join our team in either Birmingham, Cheltenham, or Reading to help to continue with our growth of this ambitious and entrepreneurial team.

What we need you to do:

Advise on a range of issues across the breadth of banking and finance matters including corporate lending, leveraged finance, asset finance, real estate finance (both investment and development), project finance and invoice discounting work.
Work with a range of clients across a broad spectrum of sectors including borrowers, lenders and investors.
Maintain strong panel relationships with banks, building societies, funds, investors and other financial institutions.
Develop and maintain knowledge on issues within banking & finance, working collaboratively with colleagues across the whole team to share knowledge.
Develop opportunities for referral of work across the business and actively participate in business development opportunities.

About You
**- 2.5 years or more PQE

A solid grounding in Banking and Finance from a reputable firm
Leveraged or development finance experience an advantage
Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
Excellent technical ability and drafting skills
Can demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
Strong commercial acumen
Proactive, ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail

About Us

Benefits of working with us:

Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Sight tests / Glasses discounts
Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
Cycle to Work scheme
Life Assurance
1/3 gym membership contribution
Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit.

Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers.

We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we'll back your good ideas.

Our "Passion for People" lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples' energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR's growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan.

At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome.

Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals.

However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach.

We're flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them.

We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society's Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they're located.

We've expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton.

Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients co