Lead Investments Counsel

Role Overview

The Senior Counsel and Director, Capital Solutions is a newly created role and a key legal advisor to Liberty Mutual Investments' Capital Solutions platform. The Senior Counsel, Capital Solutions will leverage deep legal expertise to drive critical transactions, manage legal risks, and provide end-to-end support for a wide range of complex credit, hybrid capital, and special situation investments.

What You Will Do

Structure, draft, and negotiate complex investment transactions, including credit, hybrid capital, and special situations investments. Provide legal leadership throughout the investment lifecycle, from front end documentation through to amendments and workouts, ensuring robust risk mitigation and optimal outcomes for the firm.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Success in this position will be driven by a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset, a commitment to legal excellence, and the ability to build constructive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Legal Excellence: Significant relevant experience at leading law firm and/or corporate environments; JD and admission in good standing to a US jurisdiction.
• Complex Investment Structures: Substantial experience structuring/negotiating complex credit, hybrid capital and special situation investments such as: preferred debt-like equity investments, holding company notes, mezzanine and subordinated loans and senior secured credit facilities involving acquisition finance, asset-based and cash flow lending and unitranche facilities.
• Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to navigate complexity and drive consensus as well as build and nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to regulators and business partners.
• Workouts/Restructurings: Experience with recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings.
• Action Orientation: Self-starter with a bias for action and implementation; motivated and energized by the opportunity to impact and actively contribute to company objectives.
• Business Partnership: Ability to contribute as a collaborative senior lawyer and business partner who understands balancing risk with organizational growth and realization of commercial goals.
• Presence & Interpersonal Style: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships. Ability to represent the company with high credibility. Ability to inspire performance and commitment.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off Annual Accrual - days 25
• Comprehensive benefits
• Workplace flexibility
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups
• Paid holidays