Bank Of America Attorney II – Global Banking Commercial & Restructuring 

United States, North Carolina, Charlotte 

475493008

Job Description:

Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing legal counsel on products, services, and regulatory matters related to the Global Banking, Commercial & Restructuring businesses. Key responsibilities include reviewing legal documents, interpreting laws and regulations, performing legal research, and communicating legal advice to internal partners. Job expectations include directing the work of outside counsel on related matters and coordinating the work of Paralegals or other Legal staff.

Primary focus is to provide legal support in structuring, negotiating and advising on syndicated and bilateral commercial credit arrangements and restructurings. Responsibilities will also include participation in legal and business projects and initiatives.

The position requires a close working partnership with line of business clients at all levels, and also with other internal legal colleagues, as well as syndications, treasury, risk management, compliance, regulatory and audit partners supporting those lines of business.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes legal issues and implications on products, services, and regulatory matters related to the Global Banking, Commercial & Restructuring businesses
• Communicates clear, concise, actionable, and business-informed legal advice, including occasionally to leadership
• Interprets rulings, laws, and regulations from a compliance and business control standpoint
• Drafts, reviews, and/or negotiates complex legal documents, such as engagement letters, debt agreements, offering documents, and legal opinions
• Gathers, assesses, and evaluates information from various sources with an open mind to make a judgment or inference
• Supports company responses to government agency examinations and investigations, enforcement actions, private complaints, and litigation
• Directs the work of outside legal counsel and may coordinate the work of other Legal staff such as Paralegals and trains, mentors, or supports the development of peers

Skills:

• Advisory
• Influence
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
• Risk Management
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Issue Management
• Legal Drafting and Writing
• Regulatory Compliance
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Executive Presence
• Legal Structures and Legal Forms
• Problem Solving

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years relevant commercial and bankruptcy/workout experience with emphasis on structuring, drafting and negotiating documentation for single lender and syndicated secured commercial credit facilities and restructurings.
• Relevant documentation and transactional experience should include some work with single lender and syndicated credit agreements, security agreements, inter-creditor agreements, commitment letters and term sheets, confidentiality agreements, forbearance agreements, bankruptcy filings, asset sales and other workout documentation.
• Candidates must possess strong communication and drafting skills and demonstrate experience and confidence in risk identification and analysis, and risk management decision making.
• Must have JD and at least one state bar admission (active/good standing)

Doctorate degree in related field

1st shift (United States of America)