Vice President, Legal Counsel - Larson Maddox

Overview

Our client is a privately backed investment platform specialising in real estate credit, operating across complex and high-value transactions in the UK market. The firm brings together the sophistication and capital base of an institutional investor with the agility and visibility of a more entrepreneurial platform. Its continued growth in London creates an opportunity to join a high-calibre, specialist business with significant ambitions for the platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the legal execution of transactions across a sophisticated real estate lending portfolio.
• Partner directly with the investment team on development finance, bridging and other structured real estate lending transactions.
• Take a leading role on the funding and back-leverage arrangements underpinning the platform's investment activity.
• Advise throughout the full transaction lifecycle, from initial structuring and negotiation through closing and subsequent portfolio matters.
• Lead relationships with external counsel and provide commercial, solutions-oriented legal input on complex transactions.
• Help shape the firm's transactional infrastructure, documentation and approach as the platform continues to expand.

Required Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales or New York with approximately 5-10 years' PQE.
• Strong post-qualification experience in real estate finance, gained within a leading law firm, financial institution, alternative lender or investment platform.
• Demonstrable experience advising on development finance and bridging transactions, with the ability to lead complex matters independently.
• Strong understanding of back-leverage and structured funding arrangements, ideally including senior/mezzanine, whole-loan or similar structures.
• Experience taking transactions from initial structuring and negotiation through to execution and closing.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to work closely with investment, credit and other front-office stakeholders rather than operating purely as a technical legal adviser.