CreditFlow
Vice President, Leveraged Finance Transaction Execution
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Vice President, Leveraged Finance Transaction Execution
The Vice President of Leveraged Finance Transaction Execution is responsible for managing the negotiation and execution of transactional documentation for leveraged finance transactions. Key requirements include expertise in leveraged finance and strong negotiation skills, along with the ability to coordinate with legal teams and provide sound commercial advice.
Location: London, UK
Department/Section: Debt Capital Markets (DCM)
Position: AVP / Vice President
Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Posted On: July 8, 2026
Overview Of The Department/Section
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with around 3,000 offices in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees, and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing.
The EMEA LF Transaction Execution team sits within the EMEA Leveraged Finance and Mid Market Direct Lending team, which is part of the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Division of MUFG. The team works seamlessly with the Origination and Leveraged Capital Markets teams to bridge commercial expertise and deliver commercial structuring, advisory and execution services on sponsor leveraged finance loan transactions. The team also engages on each transaction with the in-house EMEA Legal team.
NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
None.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are seeking a Vice President with a transactional background in leveraged finance to join the front office EMEA Leveraged Finance (large cap and mid market) team in London.
This role is focused on (i) managing the commercial negotiation of transactional documentation for leveraged loan financing transactions (including mandate/commitment documents, facility agreements and intercreditor agreements (as applicable)); and (ii) assisting with any commercial structuring considerations and identifying any commercial risks or issues that arise in the broader transaction documentation or process.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing transaction execution support throughout the entire lifecycle of EMEA sponsor leveraged finance loan transactions, from origination to closing/post-closing.
- Leading commercial negotiation of financing documentation with sponsor clients, in conjunction with the in-house EMEA Legal team.
- Advising on the commercial aspects of the structuring of leveraged finance transactions.
- Demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of different finance structures, guarantee, security, subordination and leakage issues.
- Reviewing commercial aspects of the documentation at term sheet and credit agreement stages for compliance with MUFG’s internal policies and best practice standards, in conjunction with the in-house EMEA Legal team.
- Ensuring consistency regarding documentation commercial standards; being the central touch point/centre of excellence for emerging market trends and documentation-related internal escalation processes.
- Coordinating the documentation process and ensuring that all relevant internal policy issues are addressed and required internal processes are obtained in time.
- Keeping up to date with recent market trends in leveraged finance transactions.
- Working closely with the in-house EMEA Legal team with a view to continuously improve the control architecture around documentation.
- Developing junior front-office staff and conducting internal training sessions for front-office on documentation commercial issues, market trends and best practices in executing transactions.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Skills And Experience
Work experience
- Significant and up to date market experience and knowledge of European and US cross-border leveraged finance transactions.
- Experience in an in-house environment, either as a secondee or transaction execution role helpful.
- Knowledge of high yield bond processes helpful.
Functional / Technical Skills And Competencies
- Critical and creative thinker with strong business centricity.
- Ability to work in a fast paced and pressured environment.
- Ability to be proactive and anticipate issues with transaction documentation.
- Simplifying the complex and ability to communicate clearly and succinctly.
- Ability to take prudent risk based decisions, and balance the need for timely decisions in a pressured and market driven environment.
- Skilled at building trusting relationships with internal stakeholders, senior management and external clients.
- Confidence to function independently whilst proficient at recognising the need for escalation and specialist advice on highly complex issues, unusual situations and matters that may pose significant financial, reputational and/or other risk to MUFG.
- Coaching mindset and aptitude for disseminating accumulated knowledge and experience among colleagues.
- Innovative attitude focused on simplification and efficiencies.
- High level of integrity and professionalism.
- Preferred proficiency in at least one European language (preferably French) other than English.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Education / Qualifications
- University level qualifications or equivalent.
Personal Requirements
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
- Proactive, motivated and positive approach / outlook.
- Strong decision-making skills and ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
- Structured and logical approach to work.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly.
- Ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
- Calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
- Business focussed with willingness to work off-hours if needed.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.
MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.
We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.
Apply now
Location: London, UK
Department/Section: Debt Capital Markets (DCM)
Position: AVP / Vice President
Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: On-site
About
MUFG Securities
MUFG Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location