Senior Legal Consultant

About 9fin

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.

The opportunity

We are looking for a senior high yield capital markets lawyer to help develop our offering of high yield bond covenant research and analytics. The role will report into our London office with flexibility to work from home/remotely as needed. This role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced lawyer to use their expertise within a rapidly growing start‑up environment, with much greater work‑life balance than can be found in a typical law firm environment.

What you’ll work on

• Reviewing high yield bond documentation to produce commercially focused and insightful analysis on primary transactions.
• Writing topical reports on secondary situations collaborating closely with 9fin’s team of journalists and credit analysts.
• Writing thematic reports to explain covenant trends and innovations to our clients.
• Answering client questions about the covenant packages of specific borrowers and issuers.
• Using our proprietary technology to build and expand our covenant databases.
• Working with 9fin’s engineering and product teams to develop new legal and covenant product features.
• Delivering seminars, teach‑ins and podcast segments as a subject matter expert in leveraged finance covenants.
• Representing 9fin in the press and at industry conferences and events.

About you

This role will be a great fit if you have:

• 8+ years of experience within a high yield capital markets team at a top‑tier law firm.
• Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating high yield bond documentation.
• Keen commercial awareness of leveraged finance markets and capital structures.
• Strong technical understanding of how leveraged finance covenants and definitions operate.
• Solid existing network of relationships within the leveraged finance community.
• Excellent networking and relationship building skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

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.

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market).
• Equity.
• 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.
• AI experimentation budget of £800 (UK) per employee to trial AI tools.
• Quarterly team socials.
• Summer and Winter company social events.

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 recognise 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.