Attorney II - Global Banking & Global Markets
Charlotte, North Carolina;Dallas, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois
Job Description:
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Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing legal counsel on products, services, and regulatory matters related to the Global Banking and Global Markets businesses. Key responsibilities include reviewing legal documents, interpreting laws and regulations, performing legal research, and communicating legal advice to internal partners. Job expectations include directing the work of outside counsel on related matters and coordinating the work of Paralegals or other Legal staff.
Experienced financial services attorney with a strong background in secured lending and restructuring who is able to provide broad based internal legal support and strategic advice to the commercial lending businesses and workout teams of Bank of America, N.A.
Primary focus is to provide legal support in structuring, negotiating and advising on syndicated and bilateral commercial credit arrangements and restructurings. Responsibilities will also include participation in legal and business projects and initiatives.
The position requires a close working partnership with line of business clients at all levels, and also with other internal legal colleagues, as well as syndications, treasury, risk management, compliance, regulatory and audit partners supporting those lines of business.
Responsibilities: - Analyzes legal issues and implications on products, services, and regulatory matters related to the Global Banking and Global Markets businesses
Communicates clear, concise, actionable, and business-informed legal advice, including occasionally to leadership
Interprets rulings, laws, and regulations from a compliance and business control standpoint
Drafts, reviews, and/or negotiates complex legal documents, such as engagement letters, debt agreements, offering documents, and legal opinions
Gathers, assesses, and evaluates information from various sources with an open mind to make a judgment or inference
Supports company responses to government agency examinations and investigations, enforcement actions, private complaints, and litigation
Directs the work of outside legal counsel and may coordinate the work of other Legal staff such as Paralegals and trains, mentors, or supports the development of peers
Skills:
Advisory
Influence
Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
Risk Management
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Issue Management
Legal Drafting and Writing
Regulatory Compliance
Attention to Detail
Collaboration
Executive Presence
Legal Structures and Legal Forms
Problem Solving
Required Qualifications:
3-5 years relevant commercial and bankruptcy/workout experience with emphasis on structuring, drafting and negotiating documentation for single lender and syndicated secured commercial credit facilities and restructurings.
Relevant documentation and transactional experience should include some work with single lender and syndicated credit agreements, security agreements, inter-creditor agreements, commitment letters and term sheets, confidentiality agreements, forbearance agreements, bankruptcy filings, asset sales and other workout documentation.
Candidates must possess strong communication and drafting skills and demonstrate experience and confidence in risk identification and analysis, and risk management decision making.
Must have JD and at least one state bar admission (active/good standing)
Minimum Education Requirement: Doctorate degree in related field
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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