Asset Backed Financing and Securitization
About the Opportunity
A leading global financial institution is seeking a Senior Lead Counsel to serve as a key legal advisor to its structured finance and spread products business. This individual will partner closely with business leaders, risk, compliance, and other stakeholders to provide strategic legal guidance on complex financing transactions and asset-backed products.
The role requires deep experience advising on structured finance transactions, securitizations, and lending facilities, along with the ability to deliver practical, business-oriented legal solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a senior legal advisor to business stakeholders on strategic initiatives, transactions, and regulatory matters.
- Provide legal guidance related to structured finance, securitizations, warehouse and lending facilities, and other financing arrangements.
- Advise on a broad range of asset-backed products, including:
- Auto loans
- Consumer loans
- Credit card receivables
- Trade receivables
- Analyze legal, regulatory, and reputational risks associated with business activities and transactions.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and other control functions to address legal and regulatory considerations.
- Support governance, risk review, and control processes across the business.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting structured finance and lending activities.
- Negotiate and manage complex transaction documentation and legal issues.
- Collaborate with legal colleagues across multiple jurisdictions to support global business initiatives.
- Provide commercially practical solutions while balancing legal and reputational risk.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
- Admission to the New York Bar in good standing.
- 7+ years of legal experience, preferably within financial services.
- Experience advising on structured finance transactions, securitizations, and lending facilities.
- Strong knowledge of asset-backed products, including consumer finance and receivables-based transactions.
- Exposure to cross-border or multi-jurisdictional matters preferred.
- Prior in-house experience at a financial institution preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex transactions and provide strategic legal advice.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Collaborative approach and ability to work effectively across business, legal, and control functions.
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