Vice President or Senior Vice President, Attorney, Global Private Debt

Responsibilities

• Provide corporate finance legal advice and support, including working with outside counsel, senior officers and investment professionals within Oaktree’s Global Private Debt strategy.
• Negotiate and execute portfolio company investments alongside other members of the deal team, primarily in credit-based investments.
• Aid in preparing, reviewing and negotiating all loan documentation, including financing grids, commitment papers, letters of intent, term sheets, credit agreements, intercreditor agreements and all ancillary agreements and deliverables.
• Negotiate and execute amendments, post-closing deliverables and other necessary items throughout the life of the investment alongside other members of the deal team.
• Mentor, train and eventually take-on direct management responsibilities for more junior members of the legal team within Global Private Debt.
• Aid in closing portfolio company investments, including working closely with Operations, Accounting and Tax.
• Research and review new market trends in private credit, secondary market trading, and cross-border transactions.
• Participate in cross-departmental initiatives to design and implement firm-wide procedures.
• Supervise operations team members in their collection of counterparty KYC for Global Private Debt deals as needed.
• Support on other transactional matters and special projects.

Requirements

• 7+ years of legal experience at a top 100 law firm with an emphasis on finance and experience with sponsor lending, non-sponsor lending and syndicated facilities.
• Experience with life science lending, mezzanine lending, cross-border transactions, and English law credit facilities as well as exposure to asset management, investment funds and other corporate transactional work is a plus.
• In-house candidates should have at least 5+ years of experience at a top law firm and current experience working within a credit-based investment team.
• Expert level knowledge of financing grids, credit agreements, security agreements, term sheets, letters of intent, commitment papers, and ancillary deal documents.
• Exceptional writing, drafting and communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage and train junior personnel.
• Proven capability in analyzing complex data, evaluating information and drawing logical conclusions and demonstrated ability to identify key issues.
• Demonstrated proven ability in planning and project management and in maintaining composure under pressure while meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree and a law degree is required.

Benefits

Base Salary Range: $250,000 - $275,000
In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and a flexible work arrangement.

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