The North America Credit Trading franchise is a leading market maker in credit and securitized products, derivatives, loans, and corporate bonds. Traders, sales people, and desk analysts work collectively to generate ideas and make secondary markets in high grade/high yield bonds/CDS, CLOs, distressed bonds, loans, trade claims, indices, exotics, and illiquid credits. As a Distressed Legal Analyst Executive Director, you will be responsible for Legal analysis that would be applied to cases, as well as the prospective legal vulnerabilities and protections provided by credit documents and bond indentures, working directly with credit traders across several trading groups. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Legal analysis that would be applied to cases, as well as the prospective legal vulnerabilities and protections provided by credit documents and bond indentures
• Work directly with credit traders across several trading groups
• Identify compelling trade opportunities
• Provide legal overlay to credit analysis in complex distressed credits
• Provide real-time analysis of relevant news flow on a company and/or legal cases or legislation
• Interaction with the global sales force, client base, publishing research team and broader desk analyst team
• Manage risk – on both single-name and broader book basis

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Strong work ethic and be a self-starter who is able to work independently and is also comfortable being part of a larger team
• Strong legal skills, with rigorous analytical capabilities
• Ability to multi-task and work on numerous credits across different industries
• Willingness and ability to pivot quickly in their work focus with an understanding that some opportunities will last months/years and others days
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide clear and succinct verbal updates to colleagues, clients and senior executives
• Bachelor’s degree and legal degree required

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Trading desk / buy-side / investing experience
• Experience looking at a broad array of legal cases and applying legal views to analyze the value of loans, bonds claims and other instruments