Senior Associate, European Private Finance

4 weeks ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Barings Full time

Title: Senior Associate, European Private Finance

Reports to: Director, Global Private Finance

Location: London (with travel to France and other European geographies as needed)

Team Overview

Barings Private Credit & Global Private Finance Division

Barings Private Credit includes middle-market corporate credit, private placement debt and infrastructure debt. With more than 50 years of credit experience, the team understands how to effectively invest in private debt instruments to evaluate and capture the additional yield potential of illiquid and less liquid credit-based investments.

Barings Private Finance is a Private Credit sub-team of over 80 dedicated investment professionals located in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific focused on providing investors access to opportunities up and down the capital structure.

The team sources global investment opportunities across a spectrum of risk/return profiles. Through its Separate Account and Commingled Funds, the team provides various Direct Lending Solutions: senior secured loans, second lien, unitranche, mezzanine debt, equity co-investments. Investment professionals directly originate and underwrite every deal they invest in and have the ability to create highly customised portfolios to meet investor needs.

Barings Private Finance in Europe & France

Barings has substantially grown its European private credit strategy. The European Private Finance team counts 20+ investment professionals in London covering the European markets. France is one of the key investment geographies.

Job Summary

With the current commitment to France and to strengthen the existing investment team in London, Barings is seeking to recruit a Senior Associate to assist in deploying capital into mid-market direct lending deals.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and execute private credit opportunities across the capital structure in France and other European markets
  • Responsibilities for structuring, credit analysis, in-depth due diligence of new investments, model and related analytics, compiling credit memorandum with analysis and recommendations for the Investment Committee
  • Manage and conduct performance analysis with monitoring responsibilities over certain portfolio companies in coordination with other team members
  • Participate in interactions with management teams, private equity sponsors, origination sources and other investment professionals
  • Support broader deal team around managing flow info with advisors/intermediaries and supporting certain elements of bid letters, term sheets and definite documents
  • Over time, work alongside the team to further develop the investment strategy in France, grow an effective local network (sponsors, key advisors and intermediaries) to identify new investment ideas.

Required Experience & Qualifications

  • Corporate finance transaction experience in M&A, debt financing, leveraged finance or private debt
  • Experience underwriting, structuring and executing relevant transactions for financial sponsors and/or corporate clients
  • Solid technical skills and capable of assessing deal opportunities and participating in the transaction execution process
  • French speaking
  • Rigorous, fast and reliable in execution with keen attention to detail
  • An investor mindset: open, mobile and mature in risk management
  • Passionate about investment – strong development potential and ambition
  • Good interpersonal skills a team player mindset
  • Multicultural, adaptable and a resilient and autonomous mind


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