Senior Associate- Real Estate Finance

The Team The associate will join the Real Estate & Infrastructure Finance Team which forms part of the wider Real Estate Finance group. Both partners hold extensive experience across structured real estate finance, corporate lending, transport, decarbonisation and digital infrastructure. Their combined practice covers a broad spectrum of transactional work, from senior and mezzanine real estate financing to large-scale infrastructure projects involving land transport, energy transition and digital assets. The team advises lenders, sponsors, funds and developers across complex, high-value transactions, with a focus on REF, project-driven infrastructure financing and assets aligned with long-term investment trends such as renewables, energy storage, rail, EV platforms and data centres. The Role As an Associate, you will support both partners across real estate finance and asset/infrastructure finance transactions. This role offers exposure to a broad range of mandates, from corporate lending and structured finance to transport, energy and digital infrastructure projects. Key Responsibilities The successful applicant will: Support a wide range of real estate finance and infrastructure finance transactions. Draft and negotiate loan agreements, security documents and related documentation. Manage transaction workstreams including CPs, timelines and closing processes. Assist with structured real estate financings, development financings and portfolio transactions. Support infrastructure financings across transport, decarbonisation and digital sectors. Liaise with clients, lenders, sponsors and internal teams. Contribute to business development activities including pitches and credentials. Essential Skills & Experience We are looking for a highly motivated and commercially minded lawyer with: Experience in real estate finance, banking & finance, or infrastructure finance. Strong drafting, analytical and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple deadlines. Collaborative, commercially aware and proactive. Commitment to Clyde & Co values. The Firm When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. Our Commitment Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process. A Note on Privacy Please take a moment to read our privacy notice . This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice. This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.