Job responsibilities
- Support and advise the business with respect to commercial and wealth management lending transactions, including fund finance and sports finance lending transactions, and with respect to capital management initiatives
- Escalate issues as appropriate and share potential concerns, issues, and ideas with legal, compliance and control functions across the company
- Advise the business with respect to new products, and pricing, marketing, regulatory and related issues impacting financial institutions operating in a multi-state and international environment and provide training to the business
- Prepare and update standard forms and procedures and manage outside counsel relationships
- Partner with Risk, Controls, and Compliance colleagues regarding operational and regulatory risk and control issues and the applicability of federal and state law and regulation to the business
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- At least 5 years of relevant lending/finance transactional experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department at a large bank or other financial services company with demonstrated experience managing increasingly complex matters
- The strategic vision to anticipate legal issues for different lending products and product distribution channels
- The ability to prioritize work in a fast moving environment, manage a large number of issues at one time, and interact with senior and executive management
- Self-starter with strong analytical and collaborative skills; adaptability and ability to apply existing skills to unfamiliar subject matter areas
- Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules of such jurisdiction
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience collaborating on a broad range of business strategies and issues
- Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements for commercial banking and wealth management businesses
- Demonstrated problem solving and project management skills, judgment and character