Legal, Asset Management Private Credit Attorney, Vice President, Dallas

ROLE OVERVIEW

Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with approximately $540 billion in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, sustainability and hedge funds. Clients access these solutions through direct strategies, customized partnerships, and open-architecture programs. The business is driven by a focus on partnership and shared success with its clients, seeking to deliver long-term investment performance drawing on its global network and deep expertise across industries and markets. Goldman Sachs has over $3 trillion in assets under supervision globally as of June 30, 2024.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives Private Credit

Established in 1996, Private Credit at Goldman Sachs Alternatives is one of the world’s largest private credit investors with over $150 billion in assets across senior direct lending, mezzanine debt, hybrid capital and asset finance. Deep industry and product knowledge, extensive relationships and global footprint position Private Credit to deliver scaled outcomes with speed and certainty, supporting companies from the lower middle market to large cap in size.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Asset Management Legal is looking for an experienced lending attorney to provide transactional legal coverage for Private Credit, with a focus on large cap and middle-market lending. In addition to senior secured loans, the work may also involve mezzanine/junior debt and preferred equity financing transactions as well as debt restructurings and other matters. The position offers the opportunity to partner with the business and other control-side areas and oversee legal aspects throughout the transaction life cycle, including the analysis of legal and reputational issues as part of investment committee and portfolio management processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advising Private Credit professionals on the structuring, negotiation and execution of financing transactions, taking into account legal, regulatory, reputational and compliance issues
• Managing outside counsel and overseeing legal due diligence
• Handling transaction-related fund and fiduciary issues
• Coordinating with other control-side areas

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-7 years’ relevant experience working in a leading law firm, financial institution or asset manager
• Strong commercial lending experience is required, with experience in private credit/direct lending preferred
• Experience with private funds and BDCs as well as with bankruptcies/restructurings is a plus
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; ability to clearly articulate ideas and develop stakeholder relationships