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European Leveraged Finance Group

Our European Leveraged Finance Group originates, structures and executes bank loan, high yield bond and bridge financings supporting both corporate clients and financial sponsors. Typical such transactions include leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions (both buy side and “stapled” financings for sell sides), refinancings, recapitalizations, and restructurings. The group advises financial sponsors and sub-investment grade corporate issuers around the world, providing capital structure advice and committed capital in support of strategic transactions.

The group is aligned by industry and works closely with many areas across the firm including Investment Banking sector and country coverage teams, other financing group teams (corporate derivatives, liability management, equity capital), asset management, credit and ratings advisory, sales and trading, high yield credit research, and other stakeholders.

Leveraged Finance is a fast-paced, markets-focused, and deal-driven environment where a successful candidate will need to be able to multi-task across multiple different workstreams and projects each day. The role offers the opportunity to take on a significant amount of responsibility early and progress into client-facing role relatively quickly.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

· Advise companies on financing in the context of acquisitions, capital return, or ongoing working capital and refinancing needs.

· Assist in client coverage and help drive client dialogue including preparation of client materials (including pitches, term sheets, LBO analysis, covenant analysis, market updates).

· Assist in drafting debt investor marketing materials and other external deal processes including the drafting of offering memoranda / information memo, managing the rating agency process, and coordinating roadshow logistics and debt investor queries.

· Participate actively in legal structuring and document review as part of live deal execution.

· Work with syndicate desk on deal pricing and execution, including direct contact on diligence with investor base as part of deal marketing.

· Help manage internal deal processes which include performing business, financial and legal diligence, and educating internal risk and control groups; act as a liaison with other groups within the firm.

· Manage authoring and coordinating committee documents for both debt underwriting (loan and bond deals) and principal lending (relationship loans).

Basic Qualifications

· Bachelors degree and a minimum 3 years of experience in an investment banking analyst position or comparable financial role; or

· MBA or equivalent graduate degree in a financial discipline PLUS minimum 1 year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

· Strong analytical orientation, with experience performing financial and credit analysis in Excel or comparable spreadsheet tools.

· Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.

· Demonstrated interested in finance, companies, transactions and financial markets.

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