Associate (Infrastructure)

Supporting and working directly with Infrastructure Finance Partner, Ryan Ayrton, the Infrastructure Finance (Senior) Associate will play a key role in supporting the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of infrastructure financing transactions. Infrastructure is considered strategically significant to the wider - and highly ambitious - Finance Group so this is an exciting opportunity for a talented associate to have real impact as the practice grows. This position requires a combination of technical legal ability, transaction management and relationship-building skills. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in infrastructure finance or project finance at other City law firms, excellent analytical abilities, and a keen interest in the energy and infrastructure sector. Our firm offers a unique culture, exceptional work quality, and active profile-building opportunities within the industry. The candidate will be encouraged to involve themselves in a variety of business development activity organised and led by the partners, but in addition, all associates in the Finance Group receive 1-1 business development coaching from our embedded BD Manager and are empowered to bring their own ideas and pursue opportunities at their level.,

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of financing documents including term sheets, facility agreements, security documents and intercreditor agreements (acting for either borrowers or lenders).
• Supervise and mentor more junior associates, trainees and paralegals, delegate tasks appropriately and ensure that work is completed to a high standard.
• Work collaboratively with other practice areas within the firm, including building strong relationships with associates in the Infrastructure M&A team.
• Instruct and coordinate local counsel on cross-border transactions, drawn from our extensive network of international firms.
• Contribute to business development activity that grows the Infrastructure Finance practice, including building relationships with peers at clients and contacts across sponsors, lenders, and financial intermediaries.
• Manage matters with a disciplined practice, including prompt timesheet submission, adhering to all firm processes, and monitoring WIP against budget and scope, providing regular updates to the Matter Partner., Accessibility statement : If individuals have any accessibility issues when reviewing this document, please notify a member of the Travers Smith HR team so that the document can be provided in an alternative format., Support and Adjustments for candidates : At Travers Smith, we are committed to ensuring that people who are disabled or have a long-term condition are empowered in their identity, valued equally, and listened to. If we can adjust the recruitment process to make it more accessible, please let us know. For further information please visit our website: Recruitment - Support and adjustments for candidates | Travers Smith
  
  Qualified Solicitor in a Common Law jurisdiction.
• Demonstrable experience working in a similar role within an Infrastructure Finance or Project Finance team, or alternatively a Leveraged Finance team with a desire to now focus predominantly on the infrastructure sector.
• Proven interest and competence in comprehending the evolving nature of finance products and the wider asset management market.
• Competent in drafting and commercially astute.
• Evidence of strong verbal and written communication skills.
• An inquisitive personality with a keen attention to detail.
• Can work both autonomously and within a collegiate environment.
• Resourceful with excellent time management skills.
• A willingness to show commitment and engagement to the firm's culture.
  
  Travers Smith is a leading full-service law firm, with a wealth of experience in its areas of specialisation. The firm has a market-leading reputation for its international expertise in Asset Management, M&A and Dispute Resolution & Investigations. Clients include asset managers across the alternative asset classes (private equity, venture, credit, infrastructure and real estate), publicly listed and private companies, financial institutions, and other business enterprises involved in large and complex UK and cross-border matters, transactions and disputes. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment.
Department Our Infrastructure Finance team forms part of our wider market-leading Finance Group and advises sponsors and funders across a range of UK and cross-border infrastructure transactions. This experience spans all financing events and products applicable to the energy and infrastructure sector, including acquisition financing, refinancings (including by way of multi-creditor platforms), portfolio financings, and Holdco financings. Whilst our Infrastructure Finance practice focuses predominantly on brownfield financings and deals involving financial investors, we occasionally also advise on project level financings as our clients move into earlier stage developments. Within infrastructure, we cover a range of different industry sectors including energy (conventional power, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure), digital, transport, water and waste management, oil and gas, mining and minerals, utilities, communications, and social infrastructure. We continue to follow our clients into new and innovative sub sectors, as the definition of infrastructure expands. What makes working in infrastructure finance at Travers Smith different to other firms?
• We have a loyal client base who come back to us again and again for a range of infrastructure work including financings - this includes infrastructure investors such as Ancala, CVC DIF and Arjun Infrastructure Partners. Our Infrastructure Finance team is part of a collaborative cross practice infrastructure group that carries out BD in groups. The candidate will be part of that team from day one.
• The firm is genuinely full service within the sector. We do not have to subcontract any scope of work. We have technical specialists who understand the businesses our clients are investing in. They advise on the contracts underpinning the infrastructure on a daily basis. Few firms outside of the Magic Circle combine the transactional expertise and all these other elements to do these deals under one roof.
• The firm is uniquely placed to win more work in the sector. It has all the right elements to grow market share, as many clients start to build their mid-market strategies and funds, which make U.S. firm and Magic Circle fees more challenging to justify. Clients see that we can deliver on their deals, with well-resourced teams, that are genuinely partner led, with work spread out and done at the right levels. We take a pro active approach at developing and upskilling team members.
• We are entrepreneurial and the candidate will be core to the growth of the practice. For the right person, this is a genuine and rare opportunity to make a real impact by playing a role in the team's development.