Lead Investments Counsel

Provide legal leadership throughout the investment lifecycle, from front end documentation through to amendments and workouts, ensuring robust risk mitigation and optimal outcomes for the firm. Collaborate with investment professionals, portfolio managers, and other business stakeholders to support portfolio construction, underwriting, and ongoing monitoring of investments. Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal partners (legal, risk, compliance, investments, senior management) and external constituencies (borrowers, lenders, outside counsel, and other business partners). Facilitate consensus-building among diverse stakeholder groups and lead negotiations through complex and ambiguous matters, ensuring efficient and pragmatic resolution of interparty issues. Develop and implement best practices for legal risk mitigation and transaction efficiency across the capital solutions platform. Legal Excellence: Significant relevant experience at leading law firm and/or corporate environments; JD and admission in good standing to a US jurisdiction. Complex Investment Structures: Substantial experience structuring/negotiating complex credit, hybrid capital and special situation investments such as: preferred debt-like equity investments, holding company notes, mezzanine and subordinated loans and senior secured credit facilities involving acquisition finance, asset-based and cash flow lending and unitranche facilities. Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to navigate complexity and drive consensus as well as build and nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to regulators and business partners. Workouts/Restructurings: Experience with recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings. Action Orientation: Self-starter with a bias for action and implementation; motivated and energized by the opportunity to impact and actively contribute to company objectives. Assertive, takes ownership in overcoming setbacks, driven by sustainable energy, passion for excellence and optimism. Business Partnership: Ability to contribute as a collaborative senior lawyer and business partner who understands balancing risk with organizational growth and realization of commercial goals. Excellent judgment; ability to proactively and pragmatically move with the pace of the business. Presence & Interpersonal Style: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships. Ability to represent the company with high credibility. Ability to inspire performance and commitment. Personal dynamism.