Capital One Director Assistant General Counsel Commercial Real Estate 

United States, New York, New York 

390366605

NYC 299 Park Avenue (22957), United States of America, New York, New York Director, Assistant General Counsel: Commercial Real Estate

Responsibilities Include:

• Advising the Commercial Real Estate lending business and other Commercial Bank units on a wide variety of matters

• Providing legal support to CRE as a trusted advisor and partner to the transaction teams and other internal partners

• Leading the legal process for structuring, due diligence, documenting, negotiating and closing of CRE transactions

• Engaging and overseeing outside legal counsel as needed in an effective and efficient manner

• Partnering collaboratively with other internal counsel and business teams in the Commercial Bank and across the enterprise

• Representing the Commercial Bank with external parties, including customers, regulators, partners, industry trade groups and outside law firms

• Providing thought and strategic leadership on relevant industry and regulatory developments

• Leading projects such as the development of form documents, negotiation guidelines and training sessions

• Partnering with the Commercial Bank’s Risk and Compliance officers to ensure comprehensive support

• Partnering with the operations team to drive process improvements

• Collaborating with Special Assets legal and business teams in support of workout and restructuring matters

• Collaborating with in-house litigation team in support of litigation matters

Our successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Detailed working knowledge of commercial real estate finance and willingness to work on various types of commercial real estate lending transactions

• Demonstrated working knowledge of commercial real estate lending issues involving title insurance, surveys, zoning, flood, casualty/liability insurance, licensing, non-recourse carveouts, syndication and market standards

• Experience leading projects relating to form document development

• Demonstrated advocacy and oral and written communication skills, including the ability to interact successfully with all functions and levels of associates, including senior management

• Demonstrated ability to quickly understand the business needs and partner with the business, underwriting team, other members of the Legal Department and other constituents to create solutions and effectively deliver team results

• Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to get issues resolved across organizational borders

• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills

• Experience managing outside counsel

Basic Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school

• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar

• At least 6 years of experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination with a focus on commercial real estate financing transactions, mortgage secured real estate financing, construction lending, mezzanine loans or intercreditor arrangements

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination with a focus on commercial real estate financing transactions, mortgage secured real estate financing, construction lending, mezzanine loans or intercreditor arrangements

• Experience with lending to REITS, REIFS, Agency Warehouse lending or Subscription lines

• Experience with sponsor-backed finance transactions

• Experience with loan syndications

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $233,100 - $266,000 for Director, Asst General CounselThis role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

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