Senior Counsel Attorney - Corporate Finance

Overview

A legal team is seeking a Senior Counsel (10+ years’ experience) or Senior Associate (5+ years’ experience) with a focus on capital markets transactions, including securitization, structured finance, and secured transactions. This role involves working on complex, high-profile finance transactions representing a diverse range of market participants such as issuers, borrowers, and banks. The position is open to remote work within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on a broad range of asset finance and securitization transactions.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate transaction documents, including securitization agreements and other financing instruments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including bankruptcy, tax, corporate, and regulatory attorneys, to support complex financings.
• Manage sophisticated client relationships.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
• Admission to practice law in New York, Maine, and/or New Hampshire.
• Minimum of 5 years of substantive corporate finance transactions experience, including securitization, structured finance, and secured transactions.
• Direct and applicable law firm experience preferred.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills with the ability to work on complex financing structures.

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Good business judgment.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.
• Research and problem-solving skills.
• Conceptual thinking.
• Ability to influence others and persuasive communication.
• Management skills.

Essential Job Expectations

• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence efficiently and responsively.
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
• Successfully meet deadlines and perform work duties as required.
• Foster positive work relationships.
• Comply with all organizational policies and practices.
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activities such as working at a computer for extended periods, participating in digital/virtual conference calls, and attending meetings.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Perform other duties, tasks, or projects as assigned.

Location

Remote work within the United States is permitted for this position.