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Senior Covenant Lawyer - Distressed

9fin · New York · On-site

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About 9fin

The leading AI-powered debt market intelligence platform. Real-time news, data, and analytics across LevFin, private credit, and distressed debt. Backed by 500 Global.

About the role

9fin is looking for a corporate finance attorney who geeks out about a good credit agreement or indenture and who has broader ambitions to write and be a thought-leader in the industry they love. This role will help our distressed editorial teams understand all the nuances of interesting bond and loan documents that could factor into restructuring and liability management exercises. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • JD with 5+ years of experience within a capital solutions, leveraged finance, capital markets, restructuring and/or special situations team at a top-tier law firm
  • Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating high yield bond and/or leveraged loan documents, restructuring support agreements, and Chapter 11 documentation
  • Keen commercial awareness of leveraged finance and restructuring markets
  • Strong technical understanding of how leveraged finance covenants and definitions operate
  • Existing network of relationships within the leveraged finance community
  • Excellent relationship building skills
More about this role

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion.

Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets.

Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.

We’re at a defining inflection point. With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide.

9fin is looking for a corporate finance attorney who geeks out about a good credit agreement or indenture and who has broader ambitions to write and be a thought-leader in the industry they love. This role will help our distressed editorial teams understand all the nuances of interesting bond and loan documents...

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