Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is seeking an associate with at least two years of related experience to join our Commercial Finance team in our Atlanta office. 

Our Commercial Finance team represents clients in a diverse array of secured financing transactions, advising on a broad spectrum of complex deals including syndicated lending transactions, leveraged acquisitions, and mezzanine/second lien structured lending. Associates work closely with experienced practitioners and regularly collaborate with our Mergers & Acquisitions team to support acquisition financings and other strategic transactions. You will play an integral role in structuring, negotiating, and closing sophisticated financing matters.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with commercial lending transactions, strong drafting and analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple matters in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in commercial finance or a related practice
• Experience with syndicated lending, asset-based lending, leveraged finance, sponsor-backed financings and/or mezzanine lending transactions preferred
• Strong academic credentials
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

We offer a collaborative environment and the opportunity to work on sophisticated and high-profile transactions.

Kilpatrick is a full-service, international law firm with more than 600 attorneys who work with forward-thinking clients in established and emerging industries to solve their most business-critical matters.

Kilpatrick attorneys are fully engaged in the success of the firm's clients. We deliver results-oriented counsel for corporations at all stages of the growth cycle, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. A close collaboration between the firm's practice areas ensures that we are well-positioned to serve all of our clients' needs.

We serve clients around the world from offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, China, Japan, and Sweden. We value our client relationships and are committed to learning and furthering the business, as well as legal goals, of each company we work with. 

We strive at every level to develop beneficial relationships built on trust and mutual respect. We partner with the senior executives and internal counsel of our corporate clients, integrating and sharing tasks as appropriate. We take pride in the fact that clients who hire us once, typically hire us again. Our success is measured by the results we achieve on behalf of our clients, and we commit ourselves, without reservation, to the overriding objective of client satisfaction.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex or gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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