Vice President, Leveraged Finance Transaction Execution

About the role

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is looking for a Vice President with a transactional background in leveraged finance to join its front office EMEA Leveraged Finance (large cap and mid market) team in London. The role focuses on managing the commercial negotiation of transaction documentation for leveraged loan financing transactions, including mandate/commitment documents, facility agreements and intercreditor agreements, and on assisting with commercial structuring and identifying commercial risks in the documentation and process.

Key responsibilities

• Provide transaction execution support across the full lifecycle of EMEA sponsor leveraged finance loans, from origination (advice on grids and term sheets, lead commercial negotiations of commitment and long-form documentation) to closing and post-closing (funding, A&Es, add-ons)
• Negotiate financing documentation with sponsor clients together with the in-house EMEA Legal team, which manages external counsel
• Advise on the commercial aspects of structuring leveraged finance transactions, including TLB underwriting, direct lending, guarantees, security, subordination and leakage issues
• Review documentation at term sheet and credit agreement stage against MUFG's internal policies and best practice, and ensure consistency of commercial documentation standards
• Act as the centre of excellence for emerging market trends and escalate documentation issues internally, while keeping the documentation process on track
• Keep up to date with leveraged finance market trends and help improve the control architecture around documentation
• Coach junior front-office staff and run internal training on documentation, market trends and best practices

Required profile

• Significant, up-to-date market experience and knowledge of European and US cross-border leveraged finance transactions
• Experience in an in-house environment, such as a secondment or transaction execution role, is helpful
• Knowledge of high yield bond processes is helpful
• University-level qualifications or equivalent
• Preferred: proficiency in at least one European language other than English (preferably French)

Required skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, pressured environment and to anticipate issues with transaction documentation
• Clear, succinct communication and ability to simplify complex matters
• Prudent risk-based decision-making and independence, with recognition of when specialist advice is needed
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills