Legal, Lending Finance Attorney, Vice President, Dallas

Principal Responsibilities

• Advises the business teams on all aspects of structured finance transactions, with a primary focus on balance sheet and syndicated financings.
• Identifies and addresses legal, policy, regulatory, commercial and reputational issues/risks.
• Manages all aspects of external counsel relationships and engagement.
• Provides subject matter expertise on regulatory and litigation matters relating to structured finance and mortgage matters.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders including legal, conflicts, compliance, controller and audit teams to ensure consistency of coverage and adherence to firm policies, procedures and best practices.
• Aids in the creation and implementation of firm policies, procedures and guidelines.

Qualifications/Skills

• 6+ years of post-JD, transaction-based legal experience at a reputable law firm, investment bank or other financial institution.
• Strong substantive knowledge and significant experience in structured finance and capital markets including financing, asset acquisition and securitization transactions, preferably with strong lending experience.
• Familiarity with CFPB, state and federal regulators, lending, bankruptcy, and with various fixed income and derivative products.
• Excellent time management/organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple transactions with competing deadlines.
• Motivation to expand skill set and excel in a fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment with minimum supervision.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills.
• Self-starter with strong self-confidence, good judgment, sound decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Adept at developing interpersonal relationships.

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