Corporate Finance - Lending Attorney

Managing Member:Melanie Chico

Practice Group/Leader:Corporate Finance/Diana Tsai

Department/Director:Business Services/Wilhelm Liebmann

Dykema?s Chicago office seeks an attorney with 7+ years of lending experience for our Corporate Finance practice group. The ideal candidate?s practice will focus on financing transactions, with significant experience representing lenders in a wide variety of industries in acquisition financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, and with opinions and UCC filings. The candidate will be comfortable running lending deals from beginning to end with limited supervision. A working knowledge of general corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and capitalization, corporate governance issues, shareholder agreements, customer agreements and day-to-day operations, is a plus. Other requirements for this position include attention to detail, superior organizational skills, adapting to rapidly changing circumstances and competing priorities with relative ease, and the ability to quickly learn substantive legal topics. The attorney will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) and an ability to work collaboratively with internal and external clients at all levels. There may be flexibility with title based on experience level. No portable business is required. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Admission to practice in IL is required, NY license (or ability to waive in) is a plus. Salary starts The salary range for this position is expected to start at $210,000 $218,000 and may vary based on skills and experience level.