Corporate Bank Senior Counsel - Vice President

Deutsche Bank AG; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health benefits

Retirement savings plans

Parental leave

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG in New York City seeks a Vice President attorney to support the Corporate Banking legal team handling Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Trust and Securities Services.

You will provide timely counsel on domestic and global transactions, draft and negotiate documentation, and collaborate across functions to balance risk with business needs. The role requires strong drafting, regulatory experience, and a track record in complex banking transactions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience structuring, drafting and negotiating complex bank finance or commercial transactions.
• Experience with cash management and trade finance documentation.
• Strong communication and drafting skills; risk analysis.
• JD and active bar admission in NY/FL preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support across the business including coordinating with sales, coverage and implementation to draft and negotiate documentation.
• Advise on regulations impacting cash management and trade finance.
• Identify unusual legal, operational or credit risks and escalate as needed.
• Assist with structuring new business transactions and product offerings with minimal outside counsel.
• Collaborate with departmental partners to balance risk with business needs.

Skills

Bank drafting & negotiation

Regulatory advice

Risk assessment

AI tools usage

Clear communication

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission (NY/FL preferred)

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Job ID:R0443320 Full/Part-Time: Full-time

Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2026-10-09

Location: New York

Position Overview

Corporate Title Vice President

Location New York City

Overview

Deutsche Bank’s legal department is seeking a qualified attorney located in New York City to support the Bank’s Corporate Banking (CB) business, which consists of Cash Management, Trade Finance, as well as Trust and Securities Services. As part of the Corporate Bank legal team, you will provide timely counsel and legal support of domestic and global transactions in a cost-effective manner while owning diverse and complex legal issues that require excellent business judgement. You should also welcome working as part of a highly collaborative and international team.

What We Offer You:

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

Industry professional association membership -> included

What You’ll Do

• Provide day-to-day support across the business including working with the sales, coverage and implementation units in communicating with clients, negotiating changes to both standard regional and global documentation requested by representatives of such clients and proposing and drafting compromise language.
• Advise on applicable regulations impacting cash management services and/or trade finance lending arrangements and instruments.
• Identify unusual legal, operational or credit risks and ensure that such risks are appropriately addressed and/or escalated.
• Assist with structuring new business transactions and new product offerings and endeavor to provide legal support without significant reliance on outside counsel.
• Collaborate with strategic partners in various departments, seeking guidance and input from colleagues throughout the organization to ensure solutions balance the Bank’s risk framework with the Corporate Bank business needs.

Skills You’ll Need

• Significant years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house counsel at a financial institution with emphasis on structuring, drafting and negotiating documentation for complex bank finance or commercial transactions.
• Prefer experience with either cash management transactions including, master cash management agreements, payment services and ACH agreements, wire transfer and electronic funds transfer terms, lockbox, sweep and liquidity products and merchant services, card and digital payment documentation and deposit account control agreements or trade finance transactions including, accounts receivable financing, import/export transactions, letters of credit, security agreements, risk participations, etc.
• Must possess strong communication and drafting skills and demonstrate experience in risk identification and analysis
• JD and at least one state bar admission (active and good standing). Florida or NY preferred but will consider other locations
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Work autonomously with various structuring groups to structure transactions that achieve internal and/or client objectives and manage multiple transactions on accelerated schedules
• Prior in-house in or law firm experience with financial services is a plus
• Ability to collaborate, cooperate and work well with others in a supportive and respectful manner
• Ability to handle and strategically prioritize numerous projects and tasks
• Experience operating in a fast-paced business environment

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York City office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model. The salary range for this position in New York City is $170,000 to $275,500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home.

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.