Specialty Finance Counsel

We represent a global asset manager looking to hire an attorney 5 plus years of experience to support to the Specialty Finance business, partnering closely with investment professionals and internal stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and execute specialty finance and private credit transactions and related financing arrangements.

• Focuses on high-yield, short-duration private credit — targeting assets with maturities under 2 years (vs. 4–7 years typical in traditional private credit)
• Invest in Consumer & small business loans
• Receivables & trade finance
• Equipment, real estate, intellectual property
• Cash flow-backed securities

Candidates should have experience with ABS, CLOS, , MBS, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Advise the Specialty Finance investment team across the transaction lifecycle: structuring, diligence, negotiation, documentation, execution, and post-close matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, which may include (depending on strategy):
• Purchase and sale agreements, loan purchase agreements, participation agreements
• Credit agreements, intercreditor arrangements, amendments/waivers/consents
• Servicing agreements, sub-servicing agreements, backup servicing arrangements
• Custodial, collateral administration, and account control agreements
• Confidentiality agreements, term sheets, commitment letters, engagement letters
• Support asset-backed and specialty finance facilities (e.g., warehouses, repurchase facilities, secured financing arrangements, subscription/other fund-level facilities as applicable), including negotiating facility terms and coordinating closings.

Qualifications:

• Approximately 5 years of transactional legal experience, ideally with a leading law firm and/or in-house at an asset manager, private credit firm, bank, or specialty finance platform.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and financing agreements with limited supervision.