Bay Area Opportunities

Banking & Finance Associates

Our clients are looking for top banking and finance associates with 2 to 7+ years of experience in at least one of these practices: debt finance, leveraged finance, asset-based lending, private equity sponsors, lender-side, borrower-side, or structured finance.

Associates who want to relocate to California will be considered as long as they are with prestigious firms currently, even if they need to take the California bar.

Banking & Finance Associates

Representative Opportunities for Banking & Finance Associates

  • The idea candidate with have 3+ years of experience working on financial services and payments regulatory matters. Clients range from global money centers to leading financial technology, software and social media companies, are defining the future of financial services, with particular emphasis on lending, money transmission, deposit accounts, prepaid accounts, and/or financial privacy. Experience with mortgage lenders/servicers, cryptocurrency and other digital assets, Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering are pluses. Contact us

  • The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of leveraged finance/debt experience. Clients are lenders and borrowers, mainly in the healthcare and technology spaces. Applicants should have experience with secured and unsecured lending, including familiarity with UCC secured transactions. Top credentials required. Contact us

  • The successful candidate will have at least two years of experience in transactional, real estate, or finance law at a large or mid-size law firm, in-house law department or financing company. You will provide advice on secured and unsecured, lending transactions, including equipment leasing, and will represent insurance companies, banks, finance companies and financial institutions in private placements (both domestic and cross-border.) Experience as debt counsel in traditional, leveraged, synthetic and/or capital lease transactions. Contact us

  • The ideal candidate has 4+ years of significant corporate experience with a particular focus on emerging companies and venture capital deals. The most relevant experience would be preferred equity financings for emerging companies, good familiarity with NVCA forms, and M&A, Private Equity or Joint Venture experience. Contact us

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The list above is a representative list of select opportunities, it’s by no means exhaustive. Our clients are comprised of Am Law 100 and 200 law firms, corporations, regional, midsize, and boutique law firms. We place partners, counsels, associates, and groups of attorneys. Although the majority of our placements are in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Sacramento, many of our clients are adding associates across the country. The pandemic has been a door-opener! Get in touch to find your dream job.

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