Deputy General Counsel - Bank & Trust

About the role

The Deputy General Counsel will advise and support Stifel’s growing banks and trust companies as part of an established team of legal colleagues, in cooperation with compliance and other professionals. Experience in supporting regulated banks and their lending activities is required. Successful lawyers at Stifel combine action at the speed of business with the accuracy, knowledge and sophistication that protects our clients’ and the firm’s interests.

Responsibilities

• Advise on deposits and treasury management
• Support commercial and consumer lending
• Handle commercial contracts and other banking products, services, and business initiatives
• Conduct and support due diligence, workouts, disputes, and distressed credit matters
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, including relevant regulatory requirements
• Identify, assess, and advise on legal and regulatory risk
• Monitor the legal and regulatory landscape and changes

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of federal and state banking laws and regulations applicable to regulated financial institutions
• Significant firm or in-house experience supporting commercial banks and other regulated financial institutions
• Demonstrated expertise with the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and secured credits
• Independence, integrity, team play, and client relationship acumen

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and admission to a state bar in good standing
• 3 – 6 years of experience practicing law, primarily in or for banking institutions or other regulated financial institutions

Pay

Salary: USD $200,000.00/Yr. - USD $275,000.00/Yr. Actual salaries may vary and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses
• Health, dental, vision, and prescription insurance offerings
• Stifel Total Health Connect
• Flexible spending accounts
• Tuition & certification assistance programs
• Paid time off
• 401k
• Wellness initiatives
• Life insurance

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success. While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.