Senior Legal Consultant - Distressed

About 9fin

The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.

Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it’s in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.

Our mission is to change this.

9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.

Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.

About the role

9fin is looking for a senior legal consultant to join the groundbreaking news team covering the European distressed debt and restructuring market. If you’re a lawyer with extensive experience in distressed debt and restructuring and a knack for decoding and explaining this complex market, we want to work with you!

What you'll work on

Every day is different, but here’s an example of the kind of things you’ll work on:

• Breaking news — You’ll help our team with real-time coverage of bankruptcy hearings, and summaries/analysis of all important filings within a bankruptcy docket

• Deep-dive reports — You’ll produce detailed reports covering the many technical aspects of complex restructuring cases on specific distressed situations, often collaborating with journalists and analysts

• Generating ideas — You’ll provide a consistent stream of new ideas, whether that’s identifying new situations to cover, or thinking up new ways to cover them

• Advancing docket technology — You’ll help advance our docket technology to track and covering in-court processes, helping ensure timely and comprehensive coverage of cases

Requirements

This role will be a great fit if you are:

• Experienced — 2+ years working as part of an established corporate restructuring practice, or equivalent clerkships under a bankruptcy judge

• An exemplary communicator — Clear and concise in written and verbal language, and able to explain complex ideas in simple terms

• A team player — Can work with other experts in the 9fin content team to produce market-leading reports

• Detail-oriented — Thrives on digging into the intricacies of specific cases and individual credits

• Knowledgeable — Has a deep understanding of covenant analysis, the recent EU directive and new UK restructuring regimes

Our benefits

We’re a scaling start up and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)

• Equity options

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance 

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off 

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture 

• Professional learning and development budget

• Quarterly team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

A note from the hiring manager

This is an opportunity to work alongside numerous experts in their respective fields within the restructuring industry, including journalists, analysts, lawyers and engineers. There are opportunities galore to explore the most interesting legal issues in the European restructuring regimes, and to become known as a leading voice that practitioners turn to first to get things right.

- Max Frumes, Global Head of Distressed and Restructuring

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.