Associate General Counsel - Bank Lending

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Description

The Associate General Counsel will report to the Bank's General Counsel and handle the following:

• Provides in-house legal resource for bank's commercial lending and special assets officers.
• Drafts, reviews, negotiates and revises a variety of complex commercial lending transactions and related documentation, and documentation pertaining to treasury and securities transactions.
• Liaises with internal departments and affiliates in the development or modification of transactions related to Corporate Banking, Non-U.S. Business and other areas as needed.
• Ensures conformity with regulations and compliance directives and policies (i.e. Bank Secrecy, KYC, OFAC) and offers assistance with other Bank Regulatory requirements.
• Keeps abreast of emerging legislation affecting Banking operations, interprets applicability to existing policies and procedures and communicates accordingly.
• Represents Bank in coordinating decedent matters, certain litigation and legal process matters.
• Liaises/supervises outside counsel on various matters.
• Provides general transactional legal counsel, reviews and/or drafts vendor/IT contracts, cash management products, non-disclosure agreements, and operations/treasury support.
• Performs other duties, as assigned, which fall within scope of responsibility.