Senior Legal Consultant — High Yield Covenants Lawyer for an AI Debt-Markets Platform (London, Hybrid)
9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world's largest asset class at over $145 trillion. Debt markets still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows, and 9fin is replacing that broken infrastructure with a single platform centralising proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows. They power 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide and are scaling fast.
The Opportunity
9fin is looking for a senior high yield capital markets lawyer to help develop their offering of high yield bond covenant research and analytics. This role reports into their London office with flexibility to work from home/remotely as needed — and offers the work-life balance a scaling start-up can provide, a world away from typical law firm hours.
What You'll Work On
- Reviewing high yield bond documentation to produce commercially focused analysis on primary transactions
- Writing topical reports on secondary situations, collaborating with 9fin's team of journalists and credit analysts
- Writing thematic reports explaining covenant trends and innovations to clients
- Answering client questions about covenant packages of specific borrowers and issuers
- Building and expanding covenant databases using 9fin's proprietary technology
- Working with engineering and product teams to develop new legal and covenant product features
- Delivering seminars, teach-ins, and podcast segments as a leveraged finance covenants SME
- Representing 9fin in the press and at industry conferences
About You
- 8+ years within a high yield capital markets team at a top-tier law firm
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating high yield bond documentation
- Keen commercial awareness of leveraged finance markets and capital structures
- Deep technical understanding of leveraged finance covenants and definitions
- A solid network within the leveraged finance community
Why 9fin
A scaling start-up that shares success — competitive salary with strong benefits, huge amounts of responsibility, and a platform to truly excel. If you're a high yield lawyer ready to build the future of debt-market intelligence, this is the role.
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