Leveraged Finance Associate (Multi City)

The role

DLA Piper is seeking a finance associate with 2+ years of experience in Leveraged Finance for its New York/Los Angeles offices. This role focuses on Private Credit and Fund Finance transactions, supporting lead arrangers, direct lenders, and other clients.

What you'll do

• Conduct thorough legal research and analysis
• Prepare clear, accurate, and well-reasoned legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, and other work product
• Build and maintain strong internal and external client relationships
• Work collaboratively with lawyers and business professionals across practices and offices
• Exercise sound professional judgment
• Identify legal and business risks
• Develop practical solutions to complex issues
• Ensure compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, ethical, and professional standards
• Participate in ongoing training and development
• Contribute to firm initiatives, professional organizations, community service activities, and pro bono programs
• Manage and support complex domestic and cross-border corporate, finance, real estate, tax, employment, and other transactional matters from inception through closing and post-closing activities
• Conduct legal due diligence
• Analyze findings
• Develop practical recommendations for clients
• Draft, review, negotiate, and revise contracts, transaction documents, disclosure schedules, and ancillary agreements
• Structure transactions
• Provide strategic advice regarding legal, regulatory, business, and operational considerations
• Support deal execution
• Manage timelines
• Coordinate workstreams
• Facilitate communication among transaction parties
• Participate in negotiations with clients, counterparties, lenders, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders
• Coordinate and manage transaction closings
• Analyze and advise on applicable regulatory requirements, governance matters, and compliance considerations affecting transactions
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary legal teams and business professionals to deliver integrated solutions that support client objectives and successful transaction outcomes

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