Associate/Senior Associate, Aviation Finance, 4+ Years' Experience

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Kennedys is looking for an Associate to join its growing Transactions & Advisory team based in its London office, with hybrid working opportunities available.

This is a new position in London which offers involvement and experience in a range of transactional finance and leasing work across a variety of industry sectors, including real estate and leisure, aviation and asset finance and general secured lending.

This position will suit someone with transactional experience in aviation and asset finance and leasing, and who is comfortable running transactions independently, with input and support from other team members as required.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to work on the range of transactions that the team handles, and to contribute to the growth and development of the team, including by providing guidance to more junior team members and by participating in business development initiatives.

In return, the successful candidate will benefit from a broad spectrum of quality work and a high level of interaction with colleagues and clients in the UK and internationally, and the opportunity to play an integral part of growing and developing a key strategic practice area at the firm.

Team

Kennedys' Transactions & Advisory team currently comprises four partners and sits within the firm's growing Commercial Division. It focuses on providing advice and support for clients' corporate, finance, commercial and financial services requirements.

The wider Commercial Division consists of specialist lawyers who advise on a wide range of commercial services, including commercial law and agreements, corporate, banking and finance, corporate insurance, commercial employment, real estate, construction, insolvency, international litigation and arbitration.

Clients

The Transactions & Advisory team's client base is varied, and includes:

• Banks and other financiers
• Insurers
• SMEs
• Airlines and aircraft lessors
• Multi-national corporations
• Private individuals

Required experience

• 4+ years' UK Qualified Solicitor or CILEX qualified with the relevant experience*
• Experience in all aspects of finance and/or asset finance and leasing transactions, including secured and unsecured financing, intercreditor arrangements and LMA documentation
• Transactional experience in one or more of real estate finance; aviation and asset finance and leasing; and general secured lending work
• Experience of running own transactions and client relationships and receiving instructions directly from clients
• Experience of assisting on a range of transactional work in a team environment, providing support to more senior team members and guidance to junior team members

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

* where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,500 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.