Job Description
Description
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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.
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Description
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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.
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What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?
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- Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
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- Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
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- Family & caring - 26 weeks paid parental leave
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- Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs
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The Opportunity
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We are currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our renowned Real Estate Finance practice—consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers and recognised across the market for its depth, deal-making ingenuity and client-centric approach. The team sits within the Firms Global Loans practice, generating mandates that span the full spectrum of sophisticated real estate finance transactions, from high-value bilateral and syndicated investment facilities to complex development, construction and acquisition financings with multi-jurisdictional or bespoke structuring elements. Acting for all four major Australian banks, many international investment banks, leading domestic and offshore credit funds and a growing cohort of top-tier sponsor clients, we are routinely entrusted with the most significant and high-profile matters in the market.
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As a Senior Associate within this first-class practice you will be involved with leading transactions end-to-end, drafting and negotiating facility, security and intercreditor documentation; managing and mentoring talented junior lawyers; driving matter strategy; and liaising directly with senior stakeholders, sponsors and financiers. You will also play a pivotal role in nurturing key client relationships, contributing to thought leadership initiatives and supporting the ongoing growth of the team through business development,
training and knowledge-sharing.
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A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page: ashurstperkinscoie.com/en/careers
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We are interested in hearing from people who have:
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- 5+ years' loan markets experience gained within a top-tier firm, respected mid-tier firm, or in-house with experience in real estate finance, including acquisition and development finance.
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- Experience in drafting and negotiating finance documents in real estate financing transactions, including facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and side deeds. This will include familiarity with relevant APLMA precedents.
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- Experience in engaging directly with clients to progress complex transactions, including working to tight deadlines where necessary, with appropriate partner support.
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- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and superior analytical and drafting skills.
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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.
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If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact:
[email protected] for a confidential conversation.
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If you are interested in this prospect, please apply directly to Ashurst Perkins Coie. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
📌 Senior Real Estate Finance Associate - Complex Deals (New South Wales)
🏢 Ashurst Perkins Coie
📍 New South Wales