Latitude Legal is seeking experienced leveraged finance attorneys for remote contract engagements with leading law firm clients. The role is designed for attorneys who can move quickly into sophisticated leveraged finance matters with minimal ramp-up, supporting lenders and/or borrowers/sponsors.
Role Overview
This is an engagement position with a flexible schedule, including full-time, part-time, or options in between. Work is remote.
Core Responsibilities
Represent clients in leveraged finance transactions as an attorney with significant big law exposure. Engagements involve sophisticated matters where the ability to take on complex work with limited initial ramp-up is expected.
Requirements
- 5+ years of leveraged finance experience representing lenders and/or borrowers/sponsors, preferably at an AmLaw 100 firm
- Excellent academic credentials
- Outstanding references
- Licensed and in good standing in the state of residencey
Compensation
The annualized pay for this contract position ranges from $249,600 to $312,000 when calculated on a full-time basis.
Contract pay is determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and the candidate’s preference. Each candidate’s pay rate may affect the client bill rate and influence competitiveness for the position.
Benefits
- Latitude contract professionals are usually W2 employees of Latitude
- Full benefits eligibility when working in roles for 20 hours per week
- Complimentary Group Life, LTD, and AD&D for eligible candidates
- A qualified 401k plan is also available
- Benefits-eligible Latitude Attorneys receive a CLE and Professional Expense stipend
Confidentiality
Latitude will not disclose your identity or propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Latitude
Latitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. Founded in 2013, it is a Chambers and Partners globally-ranked flexible legal staffing company.
Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions across dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more.
Latitude Contract Engagements & Secondments
Attorneys and other legal professionals seeking contract assignments or consulting/secondment roles work with Latitude for competitive W2 compensation and benefits, sophisticated work, and opportunities to collaborate with strong clients and peers. Latitude tailors proposals based on practice strengths and interpersonal attributes relevant to clients and aims to align candidates with fulfilling opportunities.
Peer-Level Contract Attorneys
Latitude Attorneys bring the level of skill, experience, and judgment expected of a permanent member of a client’s corporate legal department or law firm, with the versatility to step into challenging environments and begin effectively. Latitude Attorneys can serve on a full- or part-time contract basis and work remotely or on-site at the client office.
