Job Description

Job Category: Vice President
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We are seeking a Vice President/Executive Director to join the Structured Products Loan Negotiation Group ("LNG") which sits within the Transaction Execution and Risk Management team ("TERM"). TERM is part of Investment Banking in the Global Banking & Markets - Private Division of Goldman Sachs and is part of the firm's "first line of defence" in managing risk arising from debt financing transactions.
Structured Products LNG is responsible for structuring, executing and advising on financing transactions requiring a capital commitment from Goldman Sachs working closely with the real estate finance group and the structured finance group as part of the broader transaction deal team.
This role involves managing the negotiation of legal documentation, undertaking legal diligence and assisting with distribution for a financing transaction (for syndication, CMBS or other structured take-out) including commitment papers, credit agreements and intercreditor arrangements as well as assisting with any structuring considerations and identifying any risks or issues that arise in the broader transaction documentation or process.
Types of transactions cover a broad range of real estate finance transactions (including commercial real estate lending, back leverage, NAV lending to real estate funds, preferred equity financings, securitisation structures) and structured finance infrastructure transactions (including M&A driven infrastructure financings, capex financings, minority and holdco financings and other structured solutions). LNG clients include financial sponsors, debt funds, family offices and corporates.
Responsibilities

• Work closely alongside deal team in driving transaction terms and structure
• Work closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders through all stages of the execution process - liaising with various internal teams (including Credit Risk and Legal) to ensure that transaction risks are understood
• Lead negotiation of financing documentation with borrowers, sponsors and their external counsel and/or other arranging banks and provide judgment as to whether terms are in line with market standard for the relevant transaction
• Input into legal due diligence processes including in respect of asset diligence
• Participate in internal capital committee approval processes including contribution to the committee memos and attendance at preparatory briefings and the relevant committee meeting as required to ensure that any documentation, structural and/or transaction risks are appropriately reflected and approved

• Preference for at least 5 years' (post qualification) experience at a law firm or similar financial institution
• Law degree
• Demonstrated technical proficiency especially regarding contractual analysis, intercreditor principles and structural/enforcement issues
• Accurate and detail-oriented with strong negotiation skills
• Sound judgment and integrity
• Excellent communication skills: ability to speak with internal and external parties, such as deal teams, syndication banks and GS clients
• Strong organizational skills: ability to manage multiple tasks and competing work streams and deadlines
• Highly motivated and adaptable: ability to respond creatively and quickly in a fast-paced, high-pressure, changing environment
• Good collaborative skills: ability to work well with team members and to co-ordinate consensus across a wide range of internal teams, motivated to train and advise junior team members