Credit Associate, Leading Global Investment Platform, London, UK - PER, Private Equity Recruitment - #2190479

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About our client

Our client is a leading global alternative investment manager with a significant presence across the European private credit market. The firm invests across the capital structure, providing flexible financing solutions to established businesses and navigating more complex, opportunistic investment situations. Its European credit platform focuses on both core senior secured lending and more bespoke, structured financing opportunities, investing across a broad range of industries and transaction types. The team combines significant underwriting and structuring expertise with a flexible approach to capital deployment, working across sponsor-backed and non-sponsored situations. What the job involves

An opportunity to join a leading European private credit investment team, investing across a broad range of direct lending and opportunistic financing strategies.

• Evaluating and executing new investment opportunities across the European direct lending market, including LBOs, refinancings, acquisition financings and bespoke financing situations
• Underwriting and structuring senior secured debt investments, predominantly first-lien floating-rate instruments
• Analysing complex businesses, financial models and capital structures to assess creditworthiness, downside protection and potential returns
• Working on more complex and opportunistic transactions, including situations involving challenging capital structures, liquidity requirements and time-sensitive financing needs
• Conducting detailed financial, commercial and industry due diligence, working closely with management teams, sponsors and external advisers
• Monitoring existing portfolio investments, assessing performance and identifying potential risks and opportunities throughout the life of an investment

• Experience within investment banking, leveraged finance, debt advisory or private credit
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities, with experience underwriting and analysing leveraged businesses
• Exposure to leveraged finance, direct lending, acquisition financing, refinancing or broader debt structuring
• A genuine interest in private credit and the European leveraged finance market, with an understanding of different capital structures and credit instruments
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to assess downside risk, business fundamentals and investment opportunities