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Title: Associate, European Private Finance (French speaking)
Reports to: Senior Director, Global Private Finance
Location: London (with travel to France and other European geographies as needed)
Team Overview
Barings Private Credit & Global Private Finance Division
Barings is a leading global asset management firm with over $481 billion AUM. Barings Private Credit includes middle-market corporate credit, private placement debt and infrastructure debt. With more than 50 years of credit experience, the team understands how to effectively invest in private debt instruments to evaluate and capture the additional yield potential of illiquid and less liquid credit-based investments.
Barings Private Finance is a Private Credit sub-team of over 100 dedicated investment professionals located in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific focused on providing investors access to direct lending opportunities up and down the capital structure in middle-market companies.
The team sources global direct lending investment opportunities across a spectrum of risk/return profiles:: senior secured loans, second lien, unitranche, mezzanine debt, equity co-investments. Investment professionals directly originate and underwrite every deal they invest in and have the ability to create highly customised portfolios to meet investor needs.
Barings Private Finance in Europe & France
Barings has substantially grown its European private credit strategy. The European Private Finance team counts 40+ investment professionals in London covering the European markets. France is one of the key investment geographies.
Job Summary
With the current commitment to France and to strengthen the existing investment team in London, Barings is seeking to recruit an Associate to assist in providing cash flow based financing solutions to private equity sponsored companies across a variety of industries. The position is located in our London office.
Role & Responsibilities
Analysing new investment opportunities and typically evaluate companies, the markets in which they operate, and the risks related to arranging and investing in private debt securities
Assisting in preparation of credit papers and supporting the deal team’s presentation of a transaction to Investment Committee
Financial modelling of transactions including conducting appropriate sensitivity analysis
Manage and conduct performance analysis with monitoring responsibilities over certain portfolio companies in coordination with other team members
Participate in interactions with management teams, private equity sponsors, origination sources and other investment professionals
Support broader deal team around managing flow info with advisors/intermediaries and supporting certain elements of bid letters, term sheets and definite documents
Over time, work alongside the team to further develop the investment strategy in France, grow an effective local network (sponsors, key advisors and intermediaries) to identify new investment ideas.
Required Experience & Qualifications
Fluent French Speaker
2+ years of corporate finance transaction experience in M&A, debt financing, leveraged finance or private debt
Undergraduate degree preferably with a focus on Finance
Experience underwriting, structuring and executing relevant transactions for financial sponsors and/or corporate clients
Solid technical skills and capable of assessing deal opportunities and participating in the transaction execution process
Rigorous, fast and reliable in execution with keen attention to detail
An investor mindset: open, mobile and mature in risk management
Passionate about investment – strong development potential and ambition
Good interpersonal skills a team player mindset
Multicultural, adaptable and a resilient and autonomous mind
Requisite Skills
Direct Lending, French Language, Private Credit, Private FinancingAdditional Skills
Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.