{"id":1125214,"url":"https://alion.io/job/mfs-investment-management-senior-counsel-fixed-income","title":"Senior Counsel - Fixed Income","company":{"id":704277,"name":"MFS Investment Management","domain":"mfs.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/mfs-investment-management","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Boston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":159500,"max":240000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":240000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T21:07:48Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T23:01:24Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters - to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.\n\nTHE ROLE\nMFS is seeking a seasoned attorney with in-depth fixed income and creditor side workout and restructuring experience, along with significant experience negotiating, executing and interpreting transactional documentation in both distressed and front-end situations.This attorney must be curious and creative, demonstrate excellent attention to detail and strategic thinking, and must be able to manage multiple projects concurrently. This attorney must be able to deliver clear, pragmatic, effective legal advice, and must take ownership over legal issues which affect the Fixed Income platform.\n WHAT YOU WILL DO\nProvide legal and strategic advice to the Fixed Income Investments Department in connection with workouts, restructurings, bankruptcies and asset sales related to fixed income investments across a variety of asset classes (municipals, corporates, sovereigns and structured products) and sectors.\n\nProvide legal analysis relating to investment opportunities, including structured products and conventional bond financings, and in particular, advice regarding collateral, structure, counterparty risk, payment waterfalls, covenants, and other provisions relevant to investment analysis.\n\nNegotiate, execute and interpret transactional documents, including consents, waivers, amendments, forbearance agreements, confidentiality agreements, indemnity agreements, lock-up agreements, cooperation agreements, bank trading documents and related creditor-side documentation. Structure, negotiate, and lead the execution of negotiated placement opportunities, including negotiating term sheets, deal documentation, and related deliverables.\n\nAdvise MFS in connection with regulations which directly impact Fixed Income investments, including compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act, Rule 17(d) of the Investment Company Act, the EU Securitization Regulation, and investment sanctions laws.\n\nEnsure compliance with the MFS Inside Information Policy and related Procedures.\n\nContribute to and help lead cross-departmental workstreams, building trust with colleagues and acting pragmatically and effectively to protect MFS from legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.\n\nAdminister various policies and procedures related to Fixed Income investments, including with respect to distressed issuers, forbearance agreements, and other reporting obligations, including preparing materials and providing periodic reports to MFS Boards.\n\nWork with and oversee the work product provided by outside counsel on a variety of legal matters.\n\nProvide support for Legal Department initiatives and matters as needed.\n\nResponsibly utilize artificial intelligence platforms as appropriate.\n\n WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR\nBachelor’s Degree and Juris Doctorate Degree. Must have at least eight (8) years of directly relevant work experience as an attorney working on investor-side legal matters, including work experience at a large law firm or major financial services company, working on large, sophisticated matters.\n\nMust be a member of good standing of a state bar, such as the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.\n\nExcellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills, including direct experience working closely with investors.\n\nMust be able to communicate complicated legal concepts in pragmatic terms, must write clearly and effectively, and be comfortable presenting to broader groups. Must have a strong work ethic, and act with a high degree of integrity.\n\nMust thrive in a team-oriented, collaborative environment, in which colleagues act together to drive the best outcomes for MFS and its clients.\n\nBase Salary Range: $159,500.00 - $240,000.00\n\nThis position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus. \n\nAt MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we’re including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good-faith expectation for what we’ll pay depending on the candidate’s experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensation based on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:\nMFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k)\n\nEducation Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider\n\nEducation Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually\n\nEducation Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches\n\nGenerous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves\n\nChoice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account\n\nTax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)\n\nWellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps\n\nOur compensation philosophy is to pay competitively for talent while ensuring equity across employees performing comparable work. We are committed to transparency - if you have questions about how we arrived at this range or what additional benefits and bonus opportunities come with the role, we’ll be happy to discuss them\nAt MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.\nMFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.\nIf any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please contact MFS at 617-954-5000 or email  for assistance.\nMFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. Employees and applicants of MFS will not be subject to harassment on the basis of their status. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited. 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