Lending and Structured Finance Attorney

4 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States Société Générale Assurances Full time
Lending and Structured Finance Attorney

Societe Generale Assurances is seeking a highly skilled Lending and Structured Finance Attorney to join our team in New York. As a key member of our Legal Department, you will provide legal and transactional advice and counsel to clients in our Global Lending, Banking and Advisory business lines.

Responsibilities
  • Provide broad and versatile coverage to all lending, finance and investment banking/advisory businesses covered by the team.
  • Practice will include the full range of credit and lending documentation.
  • Draft, review and negotiate all manner of transaction agreements and provide advice and counseling on documentation, transaction structuring and negotiation consistent with departmental and group-wide policies and guidelines and US law and market practice.
  • Identify and, where necessary, escalate and help resolve legal, regulatory, commercial, reputational, operational and other types of risk affecting covered businesses.
  • Draft, implement and maintain legal and compliance policies and procedures. Will advise and support clients in new product screening and development.
  • Advise on legal and regulatory changes and other developments affecting covered products and businesses.
  • Draft, develop and maintain form documentation for various business activities and provide training and educational support to internal clients.
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders in the front office, risk, tax, accounting, compliance and other control functions in connection with active transactions and coordinate and work with business lines in other SG offices in connection with legal matters.
  • Represent the legal department as required in transversal projects involving front office and other internal stakeholders.
  • Coordinate and supervise activities of external counsel.
Requirements
  • Major US law firm experience (4+ years) with exposure to one or more of the following areas: leveraged finance, asset-based lending, project finance, corporate lending, and bankruptcy/restructuring.
  • At least 4 years of broad-based professional legal experience, with expertise in corporate lending, leveraged finance, project/infrastructure finance, and securitization (CMBS, CLO).
  • An understanding of the core businesses of SG Americas covered by the GLBA legal team, including related banking, securities and other regulatory issues.
  • Strong experience drafting and reviewing sophisticated credit documentation, as well as more complex financing transactions and structures.
  • Expertise/experience with UCC and bankruptcy issues and background in secured transactions law and documentation.
  • Familiarity with cross-border/multi-jurisdictional structures and issues.
  • Flexible and creative personality, adaptable to changing business and product mix.
  • Strong client service mentality.
  • Ability to balance commercial needs while protecting the interests of the bank.
  • Ability to listen to diverse points of view.
  • Ability to take a position even in absence of broad-based support.
  • Ability to forge a consensus among disparate business and control functions.
  • Ability and willingness to learn new and unfamiliar areas of law and business.
  • Ability to communicate complex legal concepts in a commercially accessible manner.
  • Fluency in English and significant prior experience in legal drafting in English.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with drafting and negotiating financial crime provisions (ABC, AML, sanctions), and structured finance activities of CSF and related laws and regulations, including Volcker and risk retention.
  • Skill and experience in managing interdisciplinary projects and project teams.
  • Experience in a bank or other financial services institution with similar businesses to SG Americas.
Education
  • Active Member, New York State Bar.
  • Law degree from a well-regarded law school (or foreign equivalent).
  • Undergraduate degree from a well-regarded 4-year college/university.

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