Senior Legal Counsel

The PeterSan Group and PeterSan Legal Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A Global Investment Bank in New York seeks an attorney located in New York City to support its Corporate Banking business, including Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Trust and Securities Services. The role involves advising on regulations, identifying risks, and helping structure new transactions and product offerings.

The attorney will work on complex bank finance and commercial documents, with emphasis on drafting and negotiating documentation for sophisticated transactions.

Qualifications

• Significant years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house counsel in financial services, focusing on structuring, drafting and negotiating documentation for complex bank finance or commercial transactions.
• Experience with cash management transactions (master agreements, payment services, ACH, wire, lockbox, liquidity products, merchant services, payments documentation) or trade finance transactions (A/R financing, import/export, letters of credit, collateral).
• JD and at least one state bar admission (active and in good standing).

Responsibilities

• Advise on regulations impacting cash management services and trade finance lending arrangements.
• Identify unusual legal, operational or credit risks in transactions.
• Assist with structuring new business transactions and product offerings.

Skills

Banking finance drafting

Cash management & trade finance

Regulatory compliance

Education

JD and bar admission

Job description

We represent a Global Investment Bank in New York seeking a qualified attorney located in New York City to support the Bank’s Corporate Banking business, which consists of Cash Management, Trade Finance, as well as Trust and Securities Services.

The attorney will advise on applicable regulations impacting cash management services and/or trade finance lending arrangements and instruments, identify unusual legal, operational or credit risks, and assist with structuring new business transactions and new product offerings.

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
• JD and at least one state bar admission (active and good standing).