Mid-Level Corporate Associate, Debt Finance
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Licensed to practice law in Ontario, with 2-3 years of relevant experience
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
About the Opportunity
Remote People is recruiting on behalf of a large, globally active AmLaw 100 law firm for a mid-level Corporate Associate to join its Debt Finance practice in Toronto. The firm's corporate group advises public and private clients across a wide range of commercial, financial, and industrial transactions, combining deep legal expertise with practical business guidance.
What You'll Do
Join a collaborative team advising banks, institutional lenders, private credit funds, borrowers, developers, and private equity sponsors on a broad range of financing transactions, including:
- Senior secured financing
- Mezzanine financing
- Acquisition financing
- Syndicated financing
- Construction financing
- Real estate financing
What You Bring
- Canadian law degree (JD or LLB)
- Licensed to practice law in Ontario, with 2-3 years of relevant experience
- Required: debt finance experience; real estate security experience is a strong asset
- Experience drafting and negotiating security agreements, guarantees, debentures, and other loan/security documentation
- Comfort and daily proficiency using legal AI tools as part of a tech-forward practice
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong professionalism in client and colleague interactions
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and stay organized under pressure
- Collaborative, team-oriented approach
Schedule: Hybrid - approximately 60% in-office
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Responsibilities
Advise banks, institutional lenders, private credit funds, borrowers, developers, and private equity sponsors on senior secured, mezzanine, acquisition, syndicated, construction, and real estate financing transactions. Draft and negotiate security agreements, guarantees, debentures, and other loan and security documentation as part of a collaborative debt finance team.
Requirements
Requires a Canadian JD or LLB, Ontario licensure, and 2–3 years of relevant experience, including debt finance experience; real estate security experience is an asset. Candidates should be proficient with legal AI tools and demonstrate strong communication, professionalism, organization, deadline management, and teamwork.
Skills
- Debt Finance
- Real Estate Security
- Drafting and Negotiation
- Security Agreements
- Guarantees
- Debentures
- Loan Documentation
- Legal AI Tools
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Deadline Management
- Organization
- Client Relations
- Teamwork
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Legal
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Debt Finance
- Corporate Law
- Senior Secured Financing
- Mezzanine Financing
- Acquisition Financing
- Syndicated Financing
- Construction Financing
- Real Estate Financing
- Real Estate Security
- Private Credit
- Institutional Lending
- Private Equity
- Security Agreements
- Guarantees
- Debentures
- Loan Documentation
- Legal AI Tools
- Ontario Law License
- Client Relations
- Deadline Management