Specialty Finance Transaction Counsel

Responsibilities

• Advises the Specialty Finance investment team across the transaction lifecycle: structuring, diligence, negotiation, documentation, execution, and post-close matters.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates 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.
• Supports 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.
• Partners 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.
• Manages outside counsel efficiently: scopes work, controls cost, drives timelines, and ensures high-quality deliverables.
• Creates and maintains scalable legal processes for repeatable transaction types (templates, playbooks, negotiation guides, closing checklists, and issue trackers).
• Identifies, evaluates, and communicates legal and structural risks; proposes practical solutions that preserve investment intent and execution speed.
• Supports ongoing legal needs for portfolio assets and platforms, including amendments, consents, enforcement-related documentation support (as needed), and interpretation of contractual rights and obligations.
• Affords review of investor-facing or counterparty-facing materials as appropriate (e.g., transaction summaries, side letters/consent considerations, risk disclosures related to transactions).
• Contributes 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.