The Role

This client-facing position provides unique exposure to exciting, high-stakes finance transactions across sectors including real estate, securitisation, energy, and leveraged finance. Practical involvement in deal execution complements outsourcing and business relationship management, offering a balanced blend of document drafting, commercial acumen, and client engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partnering with the senior Digital Finance team in a growing Belfast-based finance practice.
• Cross-office collaboration with the London Finance Division and global finance specialists.

Core Accountabilities

♥ Deal Execution:

• Supporting complex financings across all standard conditionalities, including:
  • Conducting company searches
  • Drafting corporate authorisations and ancillary documents
  • Drafting security documents and other transaction collateral
  • Managing conditions precedent
  • Executing documents at closing

♥ Outsourcing & Client Relationships:

• Acting as a quasi-in-house legal representative for clients, facilitating outsourcing projects (e.g., negotiating standard finance documents such as NDAs or release letters).
• Prerogative to interact directly with senior-in-house counsel as an extension of our clients’ legal team.

♥ Collaboration & Leadership:

• Supervising Legal Analysts or Trainees on specific transactions (e.g., complex deal issues), as directed by Senior Solicitors or Finance practice management.
• Bringing closure to lead màndates under supervision.

♥ Knowledge & Compliance:

• Maintaining currency with key finance areas (e.g., credit agreements, loan documentation).
• Adhering to business protocols (e.g., accurate time reporting).
• Ensuring compliance and transparency in managed legal service frameworks.

The above is not an exhaustive list, but responsibilities may evolve reflecting client demands. This role demands adaptability, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to exceeding client expectations in high-pressure environments.

Location and Travel

✅ Belfast-based, with standard firm-wide attendance expectations. ✅ No habitual travel, though routine visits to our London Finance Division may arise. Accepted on a gaze basis under guidance.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales or Northern Ireland. (Republic of Ireland or other common law jurisdictions welcome—requalification to E&W discretionary.)
• 1–3 years post-qualification experience (PQE), with:
  • At least six months priority exposure to Banking & Finance Law (drafting/secured lending focus advantageous).
• UK residency with a minimum 100-mile separation from prior proximity to HSF Kramer UK offices (e.g., London).

Desirable

• Prior private practice law firm experience (traineeship/qualified) or financing field mini-clerkships.
• Operational hands-on experience, such as:
  • Negotiating or reviewing lending documents
  • Engaging with creditors or capital markets actors in deal processes.
• Project experience with audit or compliance disciplines (e.g., ensuring ISP handle loan commitment traditions).

All offered terms (salary, benefits, flexible working) segmented typically to experienced discretion. Team training includes subject-matter expertise systems tied to client-specific survey processes aligned with best compliance industries global audit enforcement.