General Lending Lawyer

We are currently seeking General Lending Lawyers to support Axiom clients across financial services, corporate, investment, real estate, infrastructure, and other industry sectors on a broad range of lending, secured finance, corporate finance, refinancing, and debt finance matters. Responsibilities: Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on general lending transactions, including secured lending, corporate lending, asset-based lending, bilateral loans, syndicated facilities, refinancing, and cross-border lending matters. Draft, review, and negotiate lending and finance documentation, including loan agreements, facility agreements, LMA-based documentation, security documents, intercreditor agreements, guarantees, ancillary finance documents, and transaction-related documentation. Advise lenders, borrowers, financial institutions, corporate clients, investors, treasury teams, and internal stakeholders on lending structures, debt finance matters, documentation requirements, transaction risk, and commercial considerations. Partner with legal, finance, treasury, commercial, risk, external counsel, and deal teams to support domestic and international lending transactions and deliver pragmatic advice throughout the transaction lifecycle. Minimum Qualifications: Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification with strong general lending, banking and finance, secured lending, corporate lending, or debt finance experience. Experience advising on general lending transactions, including secured lending, bilateral loans, syndicated facilities, asset-based lending, refinancing, facility agreements, intercreditor arrangements, or cross-border lending matters. Strong drafting, review, and negotiation experience across loan agreements, facility agreements, LMA-based documentation, security packages, guarantees, intercreditor agreements, ancillary finance documents, or related lending documentation. Excellent commercial awareness, drafting ability, communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver practical, business-focused legal advice in fast-paced transaction environments. Compensation, Benefits & Location: This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements. Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services. Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation. Learn more about working at Axiom . Equal Opportunity Employer: Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination