2025 Summer Associate – Debt Finance

Cooley LLP is recruiting 2L summer associates for the 2025 summer program to join our Debt Finance practice in any of the following offices: Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC. Please only apply to one office and if you are open to other offices, feel free to include that information in the notes section of the application.

Debt Finance

Representing debt and lease financing sources – including US and international banks, business development companies, leasing companies, insurance companies, investment banks, commercial finance lenders, mezzanine investors, factors and asset-based lenders – as well as the companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, and other investment funds that seek debt financing requires significant resources and know-how.

Venture Debt

Our lawyers represent banks and non-bank funds investing in emerging companies that do not have long histories of profitability or, in many cases, revenue. Our extensive experience on both sides of the table translates into market knowledge and a high level of comfort when dealing with individuals in the industry. We also understand the laws affecting these transactions as well as the various factors influencing lending decisions in this market – beyond traditional financial analyses – such as a company's investors, its capital structures, the likelihood of future funding, intellectual property and warrants.

Debt Securities

Cooley assists issuers, underwriters/initial purchasers, institutional investors and placement agents in a wide range of debt securities transactions. Our lawyers are closely involved in advising clients on the intricacies of debt instruments in a variety of industries, and we have experience in structuring a diverse range of registered public offerings, 144A debt placements (convertible and high-yield bonds) and traditional private placements. We also are knowledgeable when it comes to alternative deal terms that we counsel our clients to implement in appropriate circumstances.

The expected salary for this position is based on an annualized rate of pay of $225,000.

A finance background is helpful, but not required.

Learn more about the practice by visiting our website .