Senior Counsel Attorney

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. The role involves working with a diverse range of market participants such as issuers, borrowers, and banks on innovative asset finance and securitization deals. This position is open to remote work within the United States and requires corporate and/or finance transactions experience, with a preference for structured finance and securitization backgrounds.

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.