Corporate Banking Solicitor - Corporate and Commercial

Permanent - Full time - Competitive salary (plus excellent benefits) - Cardiff - Working within the Corporate and Commercial team - 4 plus years PQE

We are looking for a Banking solicitor to work on a variety of matters, including general corporate banking, leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance and development finance.

Is this the start of your Capital Law journey?

Working nationally and internationally from our base in Wales, we offer all the legal services that a trading organisation needs.

We also have a consultancy business, Capital People , that specialises in HR and Health & Safety.We work with businesses of all sizes - from large corporations to those just starting up - across the private, public, and third sectors.

Working within the Corporate and Commercial team

We are one of the largest corporate and commercial teams based in Wales, consistently towards the top of Experian's Welsh deal list, and ranked tier 1 in the Legal 500. Our focus is to develop our reputation nationally as an expert and cost-effective practice. We also want to be recognised for our ability to work alongside senior teams of major businesses, and in particular their in-house lawyers.

We cover a diverse range of markets and clients, the common features being the negotiation, structuring (or restructuring) and documentation of commercial loan transactions for lenders and borrowers. We advise on deals ranging in size from small business loans to credit facilities in excess of £100 million. We work as part of a cross-practice team on complex transactions.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for working alongside senior lawyers providing high quality and specialist advice.
• You will handle your own banking and finance matters (with supervision) including acquisition finance, development finance, asset-based lending and general corporate banking.
• You will advise on all aspects of law for a range of lenders including banks and housing associations, and borrowers including public and private sector organisations.
• You will need to demonstrate that you are able to work as part of a team of partners, associates, trainees and paralegals on complex and innovative transactions for our national and international client base.
• You will work within a fast-paced, challenging environment, where you will be required to meet tight deadlines.
• You will be expected to develop existing client relationships as well as building your own contacts, client base and skills.

You'll need

• NQ - 4 years PQE with experience within a reputable banking and finance team.
• Good range of both transactional and general banking experience.
• Ability to deal with transactions from instruction through to post completion matters.
• Experience of carrying out research tasks, investigations/searches of documents.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, clear written presentation, strong organisational skills, good time management, good initiative and problem-solving ability.
• Team-focused with a flexible and collaborative approach to working with others, but also able to work alone.
• Capable of working effectively under pressure and using own initiative to tackle tough decisions and present innovative ways to help clients.
• The successful candidate must be technically competent and commercially aware. You will have good social skills, be a team player with a strong client focused approach and have plenty of drive and enthusiasm to help us to provide an excellent client service.
• Strong client focus with an ability and willingness to get actively involved in marketing and business development.

In return, we offer

• A competitive salary: we like to reward our staff and offer promotion opportunities twice a year.
• Career development opportunities: we're a fast-growing and ambitious firm. We understand that to fulfil our potential, we need to fulfil that of all our employees, and our training and career development programme is very high on the agenda.
• Excellent rewards and benefits: from a competitive pension scheme, comprehensive health plan, option to buy/sell annual leave, recognition scheme and a recruitment referral scheme to subsidised yoga classes, subsidised sports massage and a cycle to work scheme.
• Making life easier: grown-up approach to working hours, guitar lessons, free language lessons, visiting beautician, barber, tailor, dry cleaning collection, on site bike repairs, on site showers and corporate gym membership reduction.
• A great location and working environment: Cardiff is a fantastic place to live and work. It's good value for money, with short commuting times, and a vibrant, friendly atmosphere. Our office, in the city centre, is right in the middle of it all.

We are an equal opportunities employer aiming for diversity in our workforce.