Associate General Counsel, Head of Structured Finance - Fintech

Larson Maddox; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Larson Maddox represents a leading fintech company operating at the intersection of consumer lending, capital markets and digital assets. They seek a senior structured finance attorney to lead legal support for securitization, warehouse financing and related funding initiatives, serving as a primary advisor to executive leadership.

The role is highly visible and hands-on, involving structuring transactions, drafting documentation, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience in securitization, structured finance, or related capital markets roles.
• Experience advising on asset-backed financing, warehouse facilities, and funding structures.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and transaction management skills.
• Ability to provide practical business-oriented legal advice with senior stakeholder interaction.
• Experience supervising or coordinating outside counsel is preferred.
• Interest in emerging technologies and digital assets is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal execution of securitization transactions across asset classes and oversee related documentation.
• Serve as primary legal advisor on warehouse facilities, repurchase facilities, loan purchase agreements, and forward-flow programs.
• Structure and negotiate complex financing vehicles and strategic capital programs.
• Advise stakeholders on asset-backed financing, true sale analysis, collateral perfection, and servicing structures.
• Partner with capital markets, treasury, and finance teams to support funding strategy and execution.
• Provide guidance on innovative financing structures including digital assets.
• Manage workstreams with rating agencies, trustees, servicers, and financing counterparts; oversee outside counsel.
• Develop internal playbooks, templates, and processes to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Mentor junior attorneys and contribute to the growth of the legal function.
• Coordinate with securities, compliance, accounting, and tax teams on transaction matters.

Skills

Structured finance

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

J.D. and US Bar

Job description

Our client is a leading financial technology company operating at the intersection of consumer lending, capital markets, and digital asset innovation. The organization has built a large-scale lending and funding platform supported by securitization programs, institutional financing arrangements, and technology-enabled asset distribution channels.

As the business continues to expand its funding and capital markets capabilities, the company is seeking a senior structured finance attorney to lead legal support for securitization, warehouse financing, and other strategic funding initiatives. This position will serve as a key advisor to executive leadership and partner closely with capital markets, treasury, finance, product, and business teams on both established and innovative financing structures.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a lawyer who enjoys structuring transactions, drafting documentation, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment.

The team is open to fully remote candidates but is predominantly based in the New York area.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead legal execution of securitization transactions across multiple asset classes, including oversight of transaction structure, offering materials, servicing arrangements, and related transaction documentation.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor on warehouse facilities, repurchase facilities, loan purchase agreements, forward-flow programs, and other institutional funding arrangements.
• Structure and negotiate complex financing vehicles, joint ventures, investment partnerships, and strategic capital programs.
• Advise business stakeholders on legal issues related to asset-backed financing, true sale analysis, bankruptcy remoteness, collateral perfection, servicing structures, and related credit and funding matters.
• Partner with capital markets, treasury, and finance teams to support ongoing funding strategy and execution.
• Provide legal guidance on innovative and emerging financing structures, including technology-enabled and digital asset-related transactions.
• Manage rating agency, investor, trustee, servicer, and financing counterparty legal workstreams throughout transaction lifecycles.
• Oversee outside counsel
• Develop internal playbooks, templates, and processes to improve transaction efficiency and scalability.
• Mentor and develop junior legal team members and contribute to the growth of the broader legal function.
• Coordinate with securities, compliance, regulatory, accounting, and tax stakeholders on transaction-related matters.

Qualifications

• D. and active US Bar membership
• 10+ years of legal experience gained at a leading law firm, financial institution, lender, asset manager, fintech, or other capital markets-focused organization.
• Significant experience advising on securitization and structured finance transactions, including asset-backed securities and lender finance arrangements.
• Strong understanding of warehouse facilities, repurchase transactions, loan purchase programs, and other funding structures.
• Experience working with institutional investors, trustees, servicers, rating agencies, and financing counterparties.
• Familiarity with applicable securitization and securities law concepts, including private and registered offerings, disclosure requirements, and transaction compliance considerations.
• Knowledge of true sale analysis, special purpose entities, servicing structures, collateral transfers, and related structured finance concepts.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and transaction management skills with the ability to independently own complex deals from inception through closing.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented advice in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Experience supervising attorneys or managing external legal advisors is preferred.
• Interest in emerging technologies, digital assets, tokenization, or next-generation capital markets platforms is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives and communicate effectively with senior executives.