Debt Finance Attorney

DL Group, LLC offers a 100% remote role for an experienced transactional attorney focused on debt finance. You will represent parties on both sides of commercial lending transactions while working with a growing firm that supports professional development, time off, and home-office productivity. Compensation is USD 200,000 - 300,000 per year.

Responsibilities

In this position, you will help drive debt financing transactions from early structuring through closing, coordinating with clients and transaction stakeholders throughout the process.

• Represent lenders and borrowers across commercial debt financing transactions.
• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate loan agreements, credit agreements, and related financing documents.
• Prepare and negotiate promissory notes, guarantees, security agreements, and other transaction documentation.
• Handle secured lending matters, including collateral analysis, UCC filings, and lien searches.
• Manage transactions from initial structuring and due diligence through closing.
• Negotiate loan terms, including financial covenants, repayment provisions, and default remedies.
• Review and negotiate amendments, waivers, refinancing documents, and other financing agreements.
• Work directly with clients, opposing counsel, financial institutions, and other participants in the deal.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active New York Bar license in good standing (required).
• 6+ years of experience handling debt financing transactions in New York.
• Substantial experience in banking, finance, commercial lending, or debt finance.
• Experience drafting and negotiating credit agreements and related financing documents.
• Familiarity with secured transactions, UCC Article 9, and commercial lending practices.
• Strong legal drafting, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage transactions and work effectively in a remote environment.

Preferred Areas of Experience

• Commercial lending and corporate finance.
• Secured and unsecured lending transactions.
• Credit facilities, revolving credit agreements, and term loans.
• Leveraged finance and acquisition financing.
• Asset-based lending (ABL).
• Private credit and direct lending.
• Loan documentation and credit agreements.
• UCC Article 9, security interests, collateral, and lien priority.
• Promissory notes, guarantees, and security agreements.
• Refinancing, loan amendments, and debt restructuring.
• Real estate and mortgage financing.
• Intercreditor and subordination agreements.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental & Vision
• 401(k) with Employer Match (including 401(k) matching)
• PTO (Paid time off)
• CLE / Bar Dues paid by employer
• Firm provides computer equipment for home office
• 100% REMOTE

Ideal Candidate: A detail-oriented, business-minded transactional attorney who is comfortable representing both lenders and borrowers, independently managing sophisticated financing transactions, negotiating complex loan documentation, and providing practical legal guidance to clients on both sides of the deal.