Executive Director - Leveraged Finance Distribution and Syndication - London

Executive Director | Leveraged Finance Distribution & Syndication | London:

An established international banking platform is looking to appoint an Executive Director to join its Leveraged Finance Distribution & Syndication team in London. This is a senior front-office role offering responsibility across the origination, structuring, underwriting and distribution of leveraged finance transactions across EMEA. The successful candidate will play a leading role in managing investor relationships, driving syndication strategies and working closely with leveraged finance, sponsor coverage, debt capital markets and risk teams on a broad range of high-profile transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the distribution and syndication of leveraged loans, acquisition financings and sponsor-backed transactions.
• Develop and execute syndication strategies across institutional investors, banks, direct lenders and alternative capital providers.
• Manage bookbuilding processes and investor engagement throughout transaction execution.
• Maintain and expand relationships with private credit funds, CLO managers, asset managers, banks and other institutional investors.
• Work closely with originators and sponsors to optimise financing structures and market execution.
• Provide market intelligence, pricing guidance and investor feedback to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support underwriting decisions and contribute to risk assessment discussions.
• Mentor and develop junior members of the team.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience within Leveraged Finance Syndication, Distribution, Loan Capital Markets or Acquisition Finance.
• Strong relationships across the European leveraged loan investor community.
• Proven execution experience on syndicated leveraged loan transactions.
• Deep understanding of sponsor-backed financing structures, underwriting and distribution dynamics.
• Strong commercial judgement and client-facing skills.
• Experience leading transaction workstreams and managing complex stakeholder groups.

What's on Offer:

• Opportunity to join a growing and well-capitalised international platform.
• Exposure to leading sponsor-backed and corporate leveraged finance transactions.
• Significant visibility with senior management and deal teams.
• Competitive compensation package with strong long-term career progression opportunities.
• London-based role with international deal exposure.