[Hiring] Senior Banking & Creditors' Rights Attorney @Friedman Williams

Role Description

Friedman Williams is working with an established, full-service New York law firm seeking an experienced Banking & Financial Services Attorney to join its banking and creditors' rights practice. This fully remote opportunity is driven by succession planning and offers the incoming attorney the opportunity to assume responsibility for an established portfolio of sophisticated banking and commercial finance matters while working directly with the firm's practice leadership.

The firm's banking and financial services practice represents financial institutions, commercial lenders, and other business clients in a broad range of financing and creditors' rights matters. The practice encompasses commercial lending, asset-based lending, equipment finance, syndicated lending, and related financial transactions.

The incoming attorney will succeed a highly experienced senior attorney who is preparing for retirement following a career spanning both private practice and senior in-house leadership at a major financial institution. The retiring attorney will remain available during the transition to provide continuity, facilitate knowledge transfer, and assist the incoming attorney in assuming responsibility for ongoing matters.

• Represent banks, financial institutions, commercial lenders, and other business clients in sophisticated lending and financing transactions.
• Advise clients on commercial finance matters, including asset-based lending, equipment finance, syndicated lending, and related credit arrangements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate loan agreements, security agreements, guarantees, and other financing documents.
• Advise clients on secured transactions, collateral arrangements, and related commercial lending considerations.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice concerning financing structures, transaction documentation, and risk management.
• Manage substantive legal assignments and maintain direct communication with institutional clients and other transaction participants.
• Work closely with the firm's banking and financial services practice leadership on ongoing client matters.
• Assume increasing responsibility for an established body of work as part of a structured succession and transition process.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in banking, commercial lending, or financial services law, preferably within a law firm or sophisticated in-house legal department.
• Substantive experience with commercial finance transactions, including asset-based lending, equipment finance, syndicated lending, or related secured lending arrangements.
• Strong transactional drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently manage sophisticated legal matters and provide practical advice to financial institution clients.
• Experience representing banks, institutional lenders, or other financial services organizations is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and client-service skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment while maintaining close collaboration with practice leadership and clients.

Requirements

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Fully remote work arrangement, with no regular in-office attendance requirement.
• Succession-driven opportunity to inherit an established portfolio of sophisticated banking and commercial finance work.
• Direct collaboration with senior practice leadership and access to an established institutional client base.
• Planned transition period with the retiring attorney to support continuity and facilitate the transfer of substantive responsibilities.
• No portable book of business required.
• Opportunity to assume a significant role within an established banking and creditors' rights practice while benefiting from the broader resources of a full-service law firm.

Benefits

• This position is particularly well suited for an experienced banking and commercial finance attorney seeking substantial responsibility for an established practice, long-term professional stability, and the flexibility of a fully remote arrangement.
• The succession structure offers a distinctive opportunity to step into an existing body of sophisticated work without the expectation of bringing a portable client base.

Company Description

For additional details, contact Sarah Latham at [email protected]