Counsel

Responsibilities

• Lead legal support to our wealth management business’s acquisition program for advisors leaving the industry and seeking to sell their advisor practice (including diligence, drafting, counseling and negotiating all legal aspects of these transactions).
• Provide legal support for advisor installment loan program (including advising on program structure, updating form loan agreements, counseling on unique situations, and advising on loan securitizations or warehouse facilities).
• Provide legal support for deals to transition advisor businesses of banks and credit unions to Ameriprise (including drafting bid letters and transition documents).
• Provide legal support for other capital solutions to advisors (including diligence, bid letters, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, deal project management with subject matter experts, coordination with outside counsel, post-closing and integration / separation support on transactions and additional research and analysis in support of M&A and corporate development).
• May support corporate finance and treasury transactions (such as debt offerings).
• May assist group in aspects of public company disclosure work - peer research, drafting and other research and analysis.
• May provide corporate governance support.
• Tracking relevant regulatory change.

Requirements

• J.D.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Admittance to MN State Bar (or to appropriate state bar given location); maintain good standing.
• Previous in-house experience (or relevant experience in private practice) in providing practical advice to business partners.
• Experience performing functions that require drafting of deliverables, information analysis, and coordination of inputs and resources.
• Make decisions quickly and appropriately using expertise, recognizing high demands of business partners.
• Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness, and thoughtfulness in legal analysis and recommendations delivered both verbally and in writing.
• Client service focused.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across the GCO and enterprise, while working respectfully with colleagues and driving results.

Qualifications

• Required qualifications include J.D. and 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Legal drafting and negotiation skills.
• Corporate finance and treasury transaction experience.
• Public company disclosure work experience.
• Corporate governance support experience.
• Regulatory change tracking experience.

Benefits

• Base Pay: $122,400 - $168,300/year.
• Variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits program including vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.
• Full-time exempt position.

Pay & Schedule

• Pay: Base salary of $122,400 - $168,300/year.
• Schedule: Full-time.