Senior Legal Counsel

1 day ago


United Kingdom The Stephen James Partnership Full time

Are you a Leveraged Finance Lawyer with a passion for tackling complex financial structures?

Do you have hands on experience with Term Loan B and high-yield finance transactions?

Are you eager to join a dynamic legal team, working on a wide range of high impact projects?

Title: Senior Legal Counsel (Leveraged Finance)

Client: Global Financial Institution

Responsibilities:

In this role you will:

  • Negotiate and review contractual documentation relating to leveraged and event finance and to manage documentation risk. Documentation includes term sheets, mandate/engagement letters, loan facility, high yield , intercreditor and ancillary documentation for cross-border transactions on primarily cov-lite Sponsor Term Loan B (TLB ) and high-yield (HY) transactions but also corporate lending and Infrastructure deals for EMEA.
  • Advise on effective structuring of transactions and review and analyse proposed structures/ tax structure papers, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of security, guarantee, leakage, subordination and intercreditor issues.
  • Have very close day to day liaison with business origination team, colleagues in Legal and external counsel.
  • Provide precise instruction and management of external lawyers and external legal costs; and
  • Lead multiple complex transactions simultaneously and work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

  • A qualified banking lawyer (with extensive TLB acquisition finance experience for top tier PE buy-outs as a pre-requisite with depth knowledge of incurrence style covenants in both the European and US market) is essential.
  • Experience on the sponsor side of leveraged finance transactions is highly desirable.
  • Ability to lead multiple complex transactions simultaneously; ability to prioritise and work under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently but also provide support to team colleagues within an experienced team.
  • Lateral thinking/problem solving.
  • The ability to be innovative and suggest solutions that work well commercially and within the relevant legal framework.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, please apply below or email me at luke.masih@thesjp.co.uk.


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