Position Summary
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience with securitized products including CLOs and/or ABS, CMBS, and related warehouse lending products. Guggenheim Investments is seeking an attorney based in New York to support its Asset-Based Finance and Private Investment businesses. This role will join a senior, cross-functional team and play a key part in supporting the continued growth of an increasingly complex and fast-paced segment.
The attorney will provide legal support across the full lifecycle of our asset-backed and structured credit investments, including the structuring, negotiation, and execution of securitizations, credit facilities, and other structured finance transactions. This position offers meaningful exposure to sophisticated transactions at the intersection of private credit, structured products, and capital markets. This role will be based in our New York City office, full-time.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in identifying, analyzing, and communicating key issues to assist in the evaluation of potential equity, credit, and structured credit investments with a focus on hard assets including but not limited to infrastructure, private securitizations, aircraft finance, and military housing.
- Structuring, negotiating, and overseeing legal diligence and documentation for a variety of transactions focused on hard assets including, but not limited to, debt financings, acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures
- Providing legal advice and counseling in connection with monitoring existing investments, which spans private equity, corporate credit, high yield, and structured credit
- Provide legal advice and counseling in connection with documentation and monitoring of existing investments and vehicles, e.g., contract triggers, special situations and restructuring analysis
- Assist with managing hard asset and infrastructure investments, including title, survey, zoning, and environmental review as needed
- Work collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders while providing organization, leadership, motivation, responsiveness, accountability, and unyielding integrity
- Participate in various projects as assigned
- Effectively manage outside counsel around budgets and spending
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- 10+ years of securitization legal experience with a law firm or financial institution
- J.D. and licensed attorney in good standing admitted or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state of New York or in the state of residence
- Deep familiarity with asset-based finance (ABF) and structured credit investing
- Strong transactional judgment with the ability to manage complex legal issues across deal lifecycles
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and commercial environment
- Intimate familiarity with credit documentation including, but not limited to, credit agreements, bond indentures and intercreditor agreements
- Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently and critically analyze various issues associated with sophisticated investment arrangements and transactions
- Must be collaborative
Preferred Qualifications
- Able to operate in a stressful, deadline driven environment with ability to prioritize issues appropriately
- Hard working, practical and possess sound judgment and self-confidence and be willing to find a practical solution to business and legal questions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to collaborate and work closely with senior management
- Innovative, proactive & solutions-oriented
- Able to adapt quickly and appropriately in accordance with the constant evolution of the company and industry; must be resilient
- Responsive and hungry to deliver results
- Experience in general secured credit transactions, limited and non-recourse financings, insolvency and bankruptcy, and cross-border financing is preferred.
- Ability to see past the question and understand the bigger picture. Ability to balance competing demands and protect institutional interests. Ability to articulate complex concepts and ideas and apply them at a practical level to real-world situations.
We are not seeking agency assistance with this role.
We are unable to consider candidates who require current or future visa sponsorship for employment in the United States. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without current or future visa sponsorship or transfer.
The benefits offered for this position:
- 401k with matching contribution
- Healthcare and wellbeing programs
- Paid leave
- Learning and development opportunities
- Family and caregiving support
- Employee assistance program
Salary Range
Annual base salary between
$195,000.00-$225,000.00
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.
