Description:
A Focused Finance Law Firm is seeking an Associate to join our Restructuring/Litigation/Workout practice in the Firm's Chicago office. The successful candidate will have three to four years of experience in workouts and restructuring, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, corporate law or finance law.Examples of specific types of desired experience include the following:
- Representing financial institutions and senior secured lenders in corporate bankruptcies and out of court workouts/restructurings and enforcement proceedings, contract disputes, avoidance actions and other types of commercial litigation
- Providing advice to clients on Uniform Commercial Code, federal and state regulatory compliance, and consumer and institutional regulatory compliance matters
- Conducting mediations, expert and lay witness depositions, and representing clients in hearings
- Drafting and negotiating restructuring documents, DIP financing agreements, and forbearance agreements
- Negotiating and preparing settlement agreements
Candidate must be a member in good standing or eligible to waive into the Illinois Bar.