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About the Role
Join our leading Band 1 Finance team in Sydney as a Senior Associate, advising domestic and international clients on a wide range of finance transactions and playing a key role in complex deals from start to finish.
Responsibilities
- Advise leading domestic and international clients on a wide range of finance transactions, including acquisition finance, corporate lending and real estate finance.
- Draft, negotiate and review finance documentation such as facility agreements, security packages, guarantees, side deeds and intercreditor arrangements.
- Play a key role in complex transactions end-to-end, including structuring, due diligence, execution, and post-completion matters.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, building and maintaining strong relationships with lenders and borrowers.
- Collaborate with internal teams across projects, corporate, tax, real estate, and regulatory to deliver integrated legal solutions.
- Support partners with business development initiatives, including client pitches, publications, and industry events.
- Mentor junior lawyers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of post-admission experience
- Experience in finance transactions from a leading Australian or international firm.
- Sharp attention to detail and a practical, commercial mindset.
- An ability to manage competing deadlines and complex matters.
- Excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in collaborating with others.
- An innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.
Skills
- Acquisition finance
- Corporate lending
- Real estate finance
- Facility agreements
- Security packages
- Guarantees
- Side deeds
- Intercreditor arrangements
- Structuring
- Due diligence
- Execution
- Post-completion matters
- Client relationship management
- Business development
- Mentoring
- AI
- Emerging technologies
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 5+ years of post-admission experience
Benefits
- Holistic wellbeing fund
- Home office allowance
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm committed to helping clients achieve their goals through exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence.
- We are a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm with an extensive footprint across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
- We excel at tackling complexity and navigating change, working alongside clients on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognized leaders in energy, infrastructure, resources, and other areas of growth.
- We support the growth of our people, enabling them to deliver on our ambition.
- We are a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices.
- As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity, and digital innovation.
- We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
- We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
- This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.