Assistant Vice President, Structured Finance & Securitisation Counsel/Lawyer

Morningstar DBRS’ European Structured Finance team is looking for a highly motivated, team‑oriented lawyer to serve as Assistant Vice President in London. The role focuses on legal analysis and collaboration with rating analysts to assign ratings to European structured credit transactions and fund finance transactions, including SME CLOs, Private Credit CLOs, Credit Fund ABL loans, Feeder Fund debt and Subscription Loans. The ideal candidate holds a law degree and has experience with structured and/or fund finance transactions across multiple European jurisdictions such as the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, gained either at a law firm or as in‑house counsel. They bring strong legal and reputational risk awareness, financial literacy, commercial acumen and the ability to communicate complex legal and rating criteria to internal and external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Review loan and transaction documents in the context of structured finance and ...