Director, Senior Counsel - Infrastructure Finance

Page Executive; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus

Benefits

Growth opportunity

Job summary

Page Executive is seeking a senior legal leader in New York to manage and lead debt finance transactions across private credit and infrastructure debt. You will oversee diligence, negotiation, and execution, partnering with investment teams to balance legal risk with business objectives.

You will bring 7–15+ years of project/infrastructure finance experience from top firms or in-house at an investment manager, with strong drafting and negotiation skills. Hybrid work in NYC offered.

Qualifications

• JD from top US law school with excellent credentials.
• 7–15+ years of dedicated project/infrastructure finance experience.
• Experience advising on finance transactions including project/infrastructure debt.
• Strong commercial judgment with practical, business-minded legal advice.
• Outstanding drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal workstreams for private credit and infrastructure debt transactions from diligence through execution.
• Review and negotiate transaction documents, confidentiality agreements, and related commercial arrangements.
• Advise investment teams on legal, regulatory, structural, and commercial risks of debt investments.
• Support a broad range of debt strategies including direct lending, project finance, and mezzanine financings.
• Partner with investment and asset management teams on amendments, waivers, and restructurings.
• Provide legal support for product development initiatives, including fund documentation and investment management arrangements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across investments, investor relations, compliance, operations, and risk management.
• Manage and coordinate external counsel to ensure efficient execution of transactions and projects.
• Contribute to development of best practices and knowledge management in the legal function.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project finance

Infrastructure finance

Debt investments

Education

JD from top US law school

Job description

• Hybrid role in New York, NY
• High performing legal team with growing alternative investment manager

About Our Client

Investment manager.

Job Description

• Lead legal workstreams for private credit and infrastructure debt transactions from diligence through execution, including review and negotiation of transaction documentation, confidentiality agreements, and related commercial arrangements.
• Advise investment teams on legal, regulatory, structural, and commercial risks associated with debt investments and financing transactions.
• Support a broad range of debt strategies, including direct lending, project finance, acquisition finance, private placements, unitranche facilities, syndicated loans, revolving credit facilities, mezzanine financings, and other structured credit transactions.
• Partner closely with investment and asset management teams on amendments, waivers, consents, restructurings, and ongoing portfolio matters.
• Provide legal support for product development initiatives, including fund documentation and investment management arrangements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across investments, investor relations, compliance, operations, and risk management functions.
• Manage and coordinate external counsel and other advisors to ensure efficient execution of transactions and projects.
• Contribute to the development of best practices, legal processes, and knowledge management initiatives within the legal function

The Successful Applicant

The successful candidate will combine strong technical legal expertise with a commercial mindset and a collaborative approach. They will be comfortable partnering directly with investment professionals, influencing senior stakeholders, and balancing legal risk with business objectives in a dynamic investment platform.

• JD from top US law school with excellent academic credentials.
• 7-15+ years of in depth project finance/infrastructure finance experience gained at a top law firm or combined experience at a top law firm and in-house at an investment manager, focused on debt investments.
• Significant experience advising on finance transactions, including project finance, acquisition finance, infrastructure finance, private credit, leveraged finance, or related debt products.
• Strong understanding of debt financing structures and associated transaction documentation.
• Demonstrated commercial judgment and ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
• Outstanding drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced investment environment.

What's on Offer

• Competitive base salary
• Bonus
• Benefits
• Opportunity for growth