Vice President, Leveraged Finance Transaction Execution

OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with around 3,000 offices in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 180,000 employees, and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. As one of the top financial groups globally with a vision to be the world’s most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards, whilst our common values, to behave with integrity and responsibility, and to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, underpin everything that we do. We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long‑term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

The EMEA LF Transaction Execution team sits within the EMEA Leveraged Finance and Mid Market Direct Lending team, which is part of the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Division of MUFG. The team works seamlessly with the Origination and Leveraged Capital Markets teams to bridge commercial expertise and deliver commercial structuring, advisory and execution services on sponsor leveraged finance loan transactions. The team also engages on each transaction with the in-house EMEA Legal team.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are seeking a Vice President with a transactional background in leveraged finance to join the front office EMEA Leveraged Finance (large cap and mid market) team in London. This role is focused on managing the commercial negotiation of transactional documentation for leveraged loan financing transactions and assisting with any commercial structuring considerations and identifying any commercial risks or issues that arise in the broader transaction documentation or process.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing transaction execution support throughout the entire lifecycle of EMEA sponsor leveraged finance loan transactions, from origination to closing/post‑closing.
• Leading commercial negotiation of financing documentation with sponsor clients, in conjunction with the in‑house EMEA Legal team.
• Advising on the commercial aspects of the structuring of leveraged finance transactions.
• Demonstrating an in‑depth knowledge of different finance structures, guarantee, security, subordination and leakage issues.
• Reviewing commercial aspects of the documentation at term sheet and credit agreement stages for compliance with MUFG’s internal policies and best practice standards.
• Ensuring consistency regarding documentation commercial standards; being the central touch point for emerging market trends and documentation‑related internal escalation processes.
• Coordinating the documentation process and ensuring that all relevant internal policy issues are addressed.
• Keeping up to date with recent market trends in leveraged finance transactions.
• Working closely with the in‑house EMEA Legal team to continuously improve the control architecture around documentation.
• Developing junior front‑office staff and conducting internal training sessions for front‑office on documentation commercial issues, market trends and best practices in executing transactions.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Significant and up to date market experience and knowledge of European and US cross‑border leveraged finance transactions.
• Experience in an in‑house environment, either as a secondee or transaction execution role helpful.
• Knowledge of high‑yield bond processes helpful.
• Critical and creative thinker with strong business centricity.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and pressured environment.
• Ability to be proactive and anticipate issues with transaction documentation.
• Ability to take prudent risk based decisions.
• Skilled at building trusting relationships with internal stakeholders, senior management and external clients.
• Coaching mindset and aptitude for disseminating accumulated knowledge and experience among colleagues.
• Innovative attitude focused on simplification and efficiencies.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

University level qualifications or equivalent.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Proactive, motivated and positive approach / outlook.
• Strong decision‑making skills and ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• Structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly.
• Calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.
• Business focussed with willingness to work off‑hours if needed.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination.