Director - Debt Advisory; Leveraged Finance

Position: Director - Debt Advisory (Leveraged Finance)
The Team KPMG's Corporate Finance practice has an industry-leading reputation for delivering forward thinking and objective advice for our UK and global client base, as well as an envied track record in closing successful deals. Together, our firm's Corporate Financiers have advised on or arranged critical and sensitive equity and debt transactions for medium to large corporations, financial institutions and investors, and governments.

Together, KPMG’s M&A and Debt Advisory practices form a holistic Corporate Finance practice, able to support our client’s strategic and transactional funding needs across the spectrum of equity and debt markets.

KPMG is the leading mid-market mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”) adviser in the UK, Europe and globally. Revenue growth means we are in the market for recruiting top talent, who are keen to contribute to the ongoing success of the business.

Debt AdvisoryKPMG’s Debt Advisory practice has a c.25 year history advising public and private clients on developing and executing debt financing strategies. The team’s typical clients include listed companies, medium to large privately owned businesses and private equity / sponsor-backed entities. Its experience spans the spectrum of debt markets, financing instruments, asset classes, sectors and situations (including M&A, investment, new debt issues, refinancing and restructuring / amendments to debt facilities).

The team operates sub-teams focusing on ‘Corporates’ and ‘Leveraged Finance’, including advising on financings relating to infrastructure, energy, financial services and real estate.

The Role

Roles & Responsibilities Building on KPMG’s existing platform, the primary objective of the role will be to drive profitable and diversified growth in Leveraged Finance Debt Advisory, with a view to making KPMG the #1 holistic Corporate Finance practice in the mid-market.

The primary responsibility for this role will be to lead the Debt Advisory team’s ‘Leveraged Finance’ strategy, including providing specialist debt advice in relation to:

Financing activity to support M&A and other transactional activity, working alongside M&A and other colleagues as part of our holistic corporate finance offering (e.g. sell-side ‘lender education’ processes / ‘staple’ financings and buy side financings);

Standalone leveraged financing activity for private equity and other financial sponsor backed businesses (e.g. acquisition financing, buy and build, refinancings and recapitalisations, renegotiations);

Growth funding to raise leveraged finance capital for businesses to drive accelerated financial performance and shareholder value.

The role will involve working closely with both debt advisory and M&A colleagues, in addition to other related specialists from other service lines, in originating and executing debt advisory and/or corporate finance mandates, from strategic formulation through to successful transaction completion.

This will also involve participating in key Corporate Finance relationship management with key clients, sponsors and other multipliers, in addition to leveraging wider firm (capability or sector) or personal relationships to originate new business opportunities. It is expected that typical clients would comprise mid-market to larger businesses as well as mid-sized private equity and financial investors, consistent with KPMG Corporate Finance’s offering.

The role will have a national remit to support clients across the United Kingdom, which may also include cross-border transactions or flows of capital.

The role represents an ideal opportunity for candidates to take on leadership of this ‘Leveraged Finance’ strategy, alongside other senior debt advisory leaders, to drive the growth in this business and capture the…