Description:
Maintain strong, productive relationships with key internal clients
while serving as a trusted legal advisor, legal risk manager, and
business partner. Serve as a technical expert in particular area(s) of
specialization, namely secondary market transactions involving consumer
loan assets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
- Provide significant internal client legal support day to day
- Responsible for assessing legal risk, providing legal advice, and/or assisting in resolving legal problems which may represent potential exposure to the company.
- Keeps abreast of legislation, regulations, and case law developments that affect the company and the banking industry in area of practice.
- May prepare and/or review documents and other instruments, represent the company in transactions, litigation, bankruptcy matters, or alternative dispute resolutions (as applicable), performing legal research and analysis, maintaining files and records
- Identify need for and when necessary, select, engage, and direct outside counsel to undertake specific matters.
- Serve as an individual contributor but may provide ad hoc work direction and supervision to other legal staff regarding support on active cases or projects.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school and licensed to practice law in good standing
- Eight years of post-bar experience in a law firm, government, and/or corporate settings.
- Possess superior written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize matters, utilize time management skills, and move between matters fluidly
- Ability to handle a heavy workload, manage stress effectively and meet critical deadlines
- Able to work autonomously without close supervision
- Team-oriented mentality and excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience or related training in the financial services industry or a related legal specialty, particularly consumer loan sales and acquisitions, servicing and custodial agreements, GSE transactions, and other secondary market activities involving various classes of consumer assets.
- Experience in a corporate legal department having successfully held positions of advancing responsibility
- An educational focus on business or finance
- Comfortable working in the entrepreneurial environment of a large, complex corporation