Strategy and Corporate Development Legal - Assistant General Counsel- Vice President

Job Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate agreements for key CCB strategic partnerships and engagements including partnership agreements, embedded benefits agreements, co-brand credit card agreements and issuer agreements with payment networks.
• Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic, and transparent advice to business partners.
• Provide ongoing support and assistance to business partners, other legal teams and functional partners as to contract interpretation.
• Provide early stage "seat at the table" strategy and pre-term sheet legal support, including issue-spotting, researching, and appropriately escalating risks and concerns that may exist with any potential deal type.
• Participate in cross line of business initiatives.
• Manage external counsel as required.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Licensed attorney with at least 5 years of legal experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Prior experience advising banking and or fintech organizations with regard to consumer and small business products and services.
• On-point transactional experience with strong negotiation and technical drafting skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while being a collegial team player who brings a positive, “can-do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal team and with internal clients.
• Entrepreneurial, business-minded, and a creative problem solver.
• The ability to see past the question, understand the wider strategy, and think tactically to get to the best result for all parties.
• The ability to pivot between priorities and have the perseverance and patience to see a matter through to completion.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success. With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.