Our client is seeking a mid-level to senior associate with four to five years of experience to join its fast-growing Asset-Based Finance and Securitization Practice in Los Angeles. This strategically important practice works across complex financing structures and offers associates the opportunity to take on meaningful deal responsibility as the team grows.
The Work
- Structure and execute traditional and bespoke asset-based financings and securitizations for private credit and other investors.
- Advise originators and issuers on accessing private capital through securitizations, warehouse financings and whole loan sales.
- Draft and negotiate transaction documents and help manage deal processes as a key member of transaction teams.
- Work on transactions involving consumer, commercial, infrastructure, hard-asset and esoteric asset classes.
- Contribute to ABS, CLO, CFO and rated-facility transactions, depending on experience and deal needs.
- Coordinate across structuring, regulatory, tax and governance considerations, drawing on the broader capital solutions platform.
- Collaborate on matters that may involve fund finance, special situations, investment management, private equity or private credit.
What You Bring
- Four to five years of experience, with substantive work in structured finance, securitization and/or asset-based structured finance.
- Experience serving as a key member of deal teams, with responsibility for drafting documents and managing transactions.
- Working knowledge of complex financing structures and the ability to contribute to transaction execution.
- Experience with ABS, CLOs, CFOs and/or rated facilities is preferred.
- Exposure to fund finance, special situation financings, out-of-court or in-court restructurings, and/or private credit transactions is helpful.
- Admission to, and good standing with, the bar of the state in which the candidate intends to practice.
- Self-starter who can deliver results for clients and assume increasing responsibility on complex matters.
- Ability to work in person as required by the position.
Why Consider It
Join a fast-growing practice identified as strategically important to the firm’s Capital Solutions team, with the opportunity to contribute to its continued development and take on meaningful responsibility in transaction drafting and management.
The practice handles a broad mix of asset-based financings and securitizations and draws on an integrated platform spanning fund finance, special situations, investment management and private equity.
The position offers exposure to varied asset classes and interdisciplinary structuring issues.
Confidentiality
This is a confidential opportunity. Contact Advocates Legal Recruiting to discuss the role and receive additional details about the client and team. All inquiries will be handled confidentially.