Finance Associate

This Is Where Private Credit Attorneys Build A Legacy

Here, you'll be closing deals from day one. The attorneys who come through this practice leave with technical depth, a client network, and a market reputation that most finance attorneys spend a decade trying to build. Private credit is where institutional capital is moving and with this platform, you'll be at its' epicentre.

Job Purpose

You'll enable private credit investors, direct lenders, BDCs, CLOs, and mezzanine funds, to deploy capital with speed, certainty, and legal precision. When these clients commit funds to leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings, or recapitalisations, you are the one who turns commercial intent into enforceable, risk‑aligned deal architecture. You drive the drafting of credit agreements, negotiate intercreditor protections, and manage closings end‑to‑end so capital can move without friction. Partners originate the relationship; you make the transaction real.

What You'll Do

You'll draft credit agreements, security documents, and intercreditor agreements for some of the most complex leveraged transactions in the market. When borrower’s counsel pushes back on intercreditor terms, you’ll negotiate the language. When a lender needs clarity on documentation risk, you’ll advise them with precision and commercial judgment. When a deal is racing toward a hard closing deadline, you’ll run the process so nothing slips.

You’ll coordinate due‑diligence workstreams, analyze counterparty documents, and structure responses that protect the lender’s position, often across multiple live matters at once. And because partners won’t be drafting over your shoulder, you’ll have the autonomy to develop real advisory muscle and own your work product end‑to‑end.

What You'll Need

• JD and active New York Bar admission
• Class year 2020–2022
• Substantive experience advising direct lenders, private credit funds, or institutional investors at an AmLaw-ranked firm
• Working knowledge across the capital structure: unitranche, first lien, second lien, subordinated debt
• Independent drafting ability across credit agreements, security documents, and intercreditor agreements
• GPA 3.4 or above

About the Firm

A Wall Street institution with an elite reputation in debt finance and capital markets. This firm competes on expertise and relationships, not headcount, their deal flow is a direct reflection of their client calibre. The private credit practice is one of the most active in New York, operating across the full capital structure and every major industry. Lean by design, associates work directly with senior practitioners, carry real responsibility early, and develop at a pace that larger, more layered firms simply cannot replicate.

Why This Role Matters

The deals are structurally complex and market-defining, the kind that build a reputation, not just a timesheet. Client access comes early, private credit has taken significant share from traditional syndicated lending; this is a career investment with a long runway.

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