Debt Finance Associate Attorney

Lateral Link; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 435,000; Full time

Job summary

An elite international firm in New York is hiring a debt finance associate (3–9 years) to handle leveraged finance, acquisition financings, and private credit matters. You will work on sponsor- and lender-side mandates with cross-border experience.

You’ll join a bench that covers borrower's and lender's needs, with Cravath-scale compensation and bonus eligibility. New York bar admission is required or waivable.

Qualifications

• 3–9 years of debt finance, leveraged finance, or private credit experience at a peer firm.
• Sponsor-side reps drafting and negotiating credit agreements and intercreditor arrangements.
• Strong academics and a real interest in the finance practice.
• New York bar admission or the ability to waive in.

Responsibilities

• Work on leveraged finance and acquisition financings for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
• Handle private credit and direct lending matters, including unitranche structures.
• Engage in fund finance, subscription lines, NAV facilities, and related financings.
• Cross-border lending and liability management transactions.

Skills

Debt finance experience

Syndicated lending

Legal drafting

Cross-border deals

Education

New York Bar Admission

Tools

Credit agreements drafting

Intercreditor arrangements

Job description

Private credit has done more to change the shape of a debt finance associate's docket in three years than syndicated lending did in twenty — the associates who've worked both sides of a direct-lending deal are the ones every group in New York is trying to hire.

An elite international firm is hiring a debt finance associate (3–9 years) in New York. Cravath scale — $260K–$435K depending on class year.

You'd join a global finance practice acting for sponsors, direct lenders, banks, funds, and corporates on acquisition financings, refinancings, and liability management, with real deal ownership at your level and a bench that runs both borrower- and lender-side mandates rather than one or the other.

The work includes:

• Leveraged finance and acquisition financings for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies
• Private credit and direct lending, including unitranche and holdco structures
• Fund finance — subscription lines and NAV facilities — plus infrastructure and hybrid capital financings
• Syndicated credit facilities, cross-border lending, and liability management transactions

What you bring:

• 3–9 years of debt finance, leveraged finance, or private credit experience at a peer firm
• Sponsor-side reps drafting and negotiating credit agreements and intercreditor arrangements
• Strong academics and a real interest in the finance practice
• New York bar admission or the ability to waive in

What you get:

• A finance practice with genuine cross-border deal flow and a private credit book that keeps growing through the cycle
• Sponsor, lender, and borrower experience in one seat, which is the most portable profile in finance right now
• Cravath scale ($260K–$435K depending on class year), plus bonus eligibility