Description:
The team:A Leading AI Lending Platform's legal team is a key component of the company, helping A Leading AI Lending Platform innovate in the fintech space across multiple products and supporting its mission of expanding access to credit based on true risk. We are a team of savvy, hardworking and genuinely nice individuals collaborating closely with the business in achieving its objectives.
As a Senior Legal Counsel at A Leading AI Lending Platform, you will lead support our capital markets team in day-to-day matters as they arise (including on asset-backed securitizations, warehouse financings, and investment funds). This role requires someone who is adaptable and can think outside of the box, with a broad knowledge of regulations, capital markets practices, and interest in negotiating increasingly complex debt deals and related agreements.
How you'll make an impact
- Work closely with our capital markets and finance teams
- Negotiate and draft debt financing structures, warehouses, and ABS deals
- Support other team members in addressing issues as they arise
- Provide legal and strategic guidance to assess and mitigate legal risk by building a deep understanding of the business and collaborating with legal colleagues and internal clients, including taking ownership of increasingly complex agreements within larger finance structures
Minimum Qualifications:
- J.D. degree with solid academic credentials and a state bar membership
- 7+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm, financial institution, or regulator with experience in structured finance deals
- Self-starter who thrives under limited direction and is excited by challenges
- Eager to develop expertise in new or unfamiliar areas of law
- Adaptability; willingness to be flexible and excited to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong law firm training
- Well organized
- Broad knowledge of financial regulations and