Specialty Finance Transaction Counsel

The Specialty Finance Transaction Counsel will provide end-to-end legal 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.

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.
• Partner with internal teams (Compliance Risk Tax Finance Operations Valuation and Investor Relations as needed) to ensure transactions are executed in line with internal policies regulatory requirements and commercial objectives.
• Manage outside counsel efficiently: scope work control cost drive timelines and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Create and maintain scalable legal processes for repeatable transaction types (templates playbooks negotiation guides closing checklists and issue trackers).
• Identify evaluate and communicate legal and structural risks; propose practical solutions that preserve investment intent and execution speed.
• Support ongoing legal needs for portfolio assets and platforms including amendments consents enforcement-related documentation support (as needed) and interpretation of contractual rights and obligations.
• Assist with review of investor-facing or counterparty-facing materials as appropriate (e.g. transaction summaries side letters/consent considerations risk disclosures related to transactions).
• Contribute to broader Legal team initiatives including governance policy implementation and continuous improvement of deal execution and documentation standards.

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
• 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.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions in a fast-paced environment prioritize effectively and consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent judgment communication skills and the ability to translate legal risk into clear actionable business guidance.
• High integrity strong ownership mindset and comfort working directly with senior investment professionals and stakeholders.

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Compensation Details

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