Project Finance Senior Associate

Job Title Project Finance Senior Associate Location Sydney Description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity

Ashurst Perkin Coie's project finance team combines the benefits of a leading finance practice with a pre-eminent project delivery practice, all operating within a supportive and collegiate environment. We are seeking a Senior Associate to work closely with Partner Chris Redden on a range of high-profile project finance matters. You will play a key part on matters with our clients and provide commercial advice on a range of complex projects, with real opportunity to also work with clients across multiple sectors. This role can be based in Melbourne or Sydney.

A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page http://careers.ashurstperkins.com/

We are interested in hearing from people who have:

Our ideal candidate will have experience in a project finance, general finance or transactional team, coupled with experience working on high-profile matters.

Key requirements:

• 5+ years PQE gained within a projects, finance, or transactional practice area within a top-tier or mid-tier law firm;
• Strong technical skills in relation to finance law and drafting coupled with an ability to address legal advice within a commercial context;
• Exceptional ability to build meaningful and long-lasting relationships with colleagues and clients;
• Demonstrated capability to work collaboratively, bring lawyers into matter workstreams, and actively mentor lawyers;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; and
• Advanced drafting skills;

We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact: globalresourcing@ashurstperkins.com for a confidential conversation.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst Perkins Coie. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.

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