Senior Counsel - Structured Investments

About the role

The Nationale Investments Legal Practice Group within the Office of the Chief Legal Officer is seeking an experienced attorney to support the Department of Investments with a primary focus on structured finance. This role provides strategic legal guidance on the structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex transactions involving asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), structured notes, securitizations, and related structured products. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with senior Investments Legal attorneys, investment professionals, compliance, risk, and other internal stakeholders, as well as external counsel and counterparties, to facilitate transactions and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the structuring and execution of structured finance transactions, including securitizations such as ABS, CLOs, RMBS, CMBS, as well as other private asset-backed finance transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of transaction documents, such as indentures, pooling and servicing agreements, offering memoranda, purchase agreements, trust agreements, partnership agreements, and related documentation.
• Provide legal support for structured note issuances, warehouse facilities, and financing arrangements.
• Analyze and interpret offering materials, term sheets, transaction documents, and ongoing deal communications.
• Monitor and advise on regulatory developments impacting structured finance and insurance company investments, including state insurance law, SEC, NAIC, and other applicable requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to assess risk, compliance, and operational considerations for structured transactions.
• Manage relationships with external counsel and counterparties to ensure timely and efficient execution of transactions.
• Support internal governance processes and provide guidance on legal and regulatory obligations related to structured products.

Qualifications

Typically has 15 or more years of relevant legal experience. May have management experience. Has significant experience with or knowledge of one or more areas of law, complex legal practices and procedures, project management concept and techniques. Considered a subject matter authority within his or her areas of legal expertise. Sound business acuity and knowledge of the business goals and objectives as they relate to the matter at hand.

Skills

Considered a legal subject matter expert within privacy, real estate, investments, or capital markets related practice areas, having significant legal experience with and knowledge in one or more of those areas. Understanding of complex legal practices and procedures, and familiarity with and significant experience negotiating complex structures, multi-faceted transactions, and joint ventures. Given the related legal constraints, appropriate risk tolerance, and the business objectives, ability to apply practical, reasoned and effective solutions to complex legal matters and issues, including those with no established precedent, and to develop creative solutions to unique legal problems. Takes the lead role in negotiations that are complex, strategic or sensitive in nature. Skilled with project management concepts and techniques. Possesses sound business acumen and demonstrates ability to understand the business goals and objectives as they relate to the relevant practice area and matter at hand. Analytical ability to interpret sophisticated agreements and applicable statutes and regulations. Actively identifies and logically assesses potential legal risks in ambiguous, unique and/or highly complex business situations. Skilled with difficult conversations and appropriately challenging business partners when necessary; effectively and directly responds to challenges to delivered advice and counsel. Decision-making ability to set work priorities and make recommendations. Ability to lead, initiate, organize and coordinate highly complex projects and/or cases and cross-functional projects. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Supervisory skills helpful.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Pay

The expected starting salary range for Senior Counsel - 111264 : $170,000.00 - $284,000.00

Schedule

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)