Private Credit Structuring VP (Infrastructure & Energy Americas)

We’re looking to hire a Vice President of Credit Structuring to work in the Infrastructure and Energy (I&E) financing team. Credit Structuring is the vertical within the Investment Bank focused on the most structurally complex transactions, working alongside Trading and Sales.

This is a front office, client-facing business role originating, structuring, executing, and risk-managing trades. Typical structures are mezzanine debt, subordinated capital, bridges, and special situations. The role also involves managing distressed positions. The team is structure-agnostic, with trades spanning project finance, corporate loans, asset-backed loans, and securitizations.

I&E is Deutsche Bank’s infrastructure and energy principal financing team for the Americas. The team manages a principal loan book of around $4bn, lending to companies at various levels of the capital stack. I&E sits within the broader Private Credit and Infrastructure (PCI) business unit within Fixed Income.

Responsibilities

• Deal structuring, diligence, and execution as well as ongoing deal monitoring
• Be a multifaceted member of the team in a role that combines being a legal expert, structurer, and working with traders, originators, and syndicators
• Use your strong qualitative assessment abilities, diligence, legal communication skills, and negotiation prowess to engage with external counsel and clients and develop relationships with internal risk and control functions
• Manage a full range of origination, diligence, and execution work streams
• Lead and mentor junior team members

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Extensive legal experience in a recognized law firm or other legal practice forum
• Experience focused on infrastructure financing, including project finance and corporate style financings in the infrastructure and energy sectors
• Client relationships in the infrastructure and energy sector are not required but are a positive
• Superior legal drafting, analytical, and communication skills
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Benefits

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift, and volunteer programs