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We are currently seeking Leveraged Finance Lawyers to work with a variety of Axiom clients across financial services, private equity, investment, corporate, and other industry sectors, supporting complex leveraged finance, acquisition finance, private credit, sponsor-backed lending, refinancing, and cross-border financing matters. Responsibilities: Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition finance, private credit, sponsor-backed lending, refinancing, leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, and cross-border financing matters. Advise lenders, borrowers, private equity sponsors, credit funds, financial institutions, arrangers, and corporate stakeholders on complex financing arrangements, including syndicated facilities, bilateral loans, covenant packages, and debt structuring. Draft, review, and negotiate leveraged finance documentation, including LMA-based facility agreements, commitment letters, intercreditor agreements, security documents, guarantees, ancillary finance documents, and other transaction documentation. Partner with legal, finance, treasury, investment, commercial, risk, external counsel, and deal teams to support domestic and international transactions, manage legal risk, and deliver pragmatic advice in fast-paced deal environments. Minimum Qualifications: Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK, or equivalent overseas qualification with strong leveraged finance, acquisition finance, private credit, sponsor-backed lending, corporate lending, or debt finance experience. Experience advising on leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition finance, sponsor-backed lending, private credit, refinancing, leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, syndicated facilities, bilateral loans, or cross-border finance matters. Strong drafting, review, and negotiation experience across leveraged finance documentation, LMA-based facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, security packages, guarantees, commitment letters, ancillary finance documents, or other lending documentation. Excellent commercial awareness, negotiation, drafting, stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills, with the ability to deliver practical, business-focused advice to lenders, borrowers, sponsors, financial institutions, and corporate stakeholders. 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,