Danos Group
Legal Counsel - Private Credit
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Our client, a global asset manager with an emerging markets focus, are seeking a legal counsel to join their London team. The successful candidate will focus on private credit and structured debt transactions and have a strong private credit, banking and finance background.
Responsibilities
- Partnering closely with the Investment and Structuring teams to draft and progress term sheets and the full suite of documentation behind each fund investment.
- Sitting across the table from financing counterparties to work through deal structures and contract terms, including the nuances that come with emerging-market transactions.
- Acting as a point of contact between the business and external law firms — coordinating on drafting, keeping an eye on legal spend, and reviewing fee arrangements and engagement letters.
- Pitching in wherever needed on other cross-functional legal and corporate matters.
- Helping lead deals through to completion, including briefing internal committees (such as the Executive and Investment Committees) on any conflicts, governance points or regulatory considerations that arise.
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- A solicitor qualified in England & Wales, with roughly 3–6 years' post-qualification experience.
- A background in banking and finance law gained at a leading law firm, with solid grounding in private credit work.
- Hands-on knowledge of how private credit deals come together — from early-stage paperwork like NDAs and term sheets through to the financing documents that follow, such as loan agreements, security packages and subordination arrangements.
- A genuine interest in, or prior exposure to, emerging markets.
- It would also be a bonus (though not essential) if you've had a hand in restructurings, workouts or project finance; spent time in-house or on secondment at a hedge fund or asset manager; worked in an FCA-regulated setting; or dealt with sovereign counterparties or development finance institutions.
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