City : New York City, NY, US, 10281

Category : Legal

Industry : Finance

Employer : Scotiabank

Requisition ID: 166923

Cost Centre: NEW YORK AGENCY GENERAL 

Employee Referral Program – Potential Reward: $0.00 

Salary Range: 168,000.00 - 275,000.00 

Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only. Salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Purpose
Contributes to the overall success of the Legal Department in the United States by providing legal support on a broad range of matters across multiple businesses and operations of the Bank’s U.S. Global Banking & Markets (“GBM”) business, with a primary focus on corporate banking, global business payments and M&A.  

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of corporate banking agreements such as guaranties, reimbursement agreements, letter of credit facilities and non-disclosure agreements.
• Review and advise on mergers and acquisition engagement letters and other transaction documents.
• Partner with the GBM business to build robust processes for managing legal risk. 
• Provide legal assistance in helping the bank roll out key strategic projects.
• Operate in a fast-paced, demanding environment and pivot quickly to meet leadership’s needs.
• Recognize priority initiatives and effectively manage clients, scaling the legal advice and providing the right level of guidance for the request at hand.
• Ensure product compliance with applicable U.S. and international laws and regulations, in close collaboration with colleagues in U.S. Legal and Compliance departments.
• Analyze legal and regulatory issues in area of practice and provide effective advice to clients on complex legal matters.
• Respond promptly to deal-related issues, including legal and reputational risk questions.
• Identify and manage relevant banking and securities regulations.
• Advise on legal risks of existing and new business activities.
• Liaise with the internal businesses and operational personnel (i.e., credit, compliance, operations, treasury, tax, etc.).
• Maintain efficient and effective relationships with outside counsel.
• Manage legal costs and invoices.
• Ensure compliance, operational risk controls following Scotiabank’s or regulatory standards and policies, including but not limited to upholding Scotiabank’s code of ethics and business conduct.
• Conduct legal research as necessary to support the needs and activities of the U.S. Legal Department.
• Develop competency in unfamiliar practice areas as necessary.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity, inclusion and reflects Scotiabank’s brand.
• Perform other duties as assigned from time to time.

Dimensions

• Ability to work independently and thrive in an agile team-oriented environment.
• Competence in working with market-standard documentation for related products.
• Confidence and expertise to make timely decisions.
• Time management and deal prioritization skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and client management skills with ability to sustain effective relationships with peers, staff and clients.
• Flexibility and eagerness to learn new areas of law.
• Sophisticated drafting and negotiating experience.
• Ability to provide practical advice and legal assessment to internal clients.
• Sound judgment and business acumen.
• Keen self-awareness. 
• Commitment to high integrity, ethics and professionalism consistent with institutional values.
• Professional, polished and confident demeanor.
• Ability to understand, interpret and simplify legal terminology and regulations.
• Demonstrated sound judgment skills in order to balance and deal with multiple issues and priorities.
• Be comfortable with areas where there is no clear answer. In this respect, the incumbent must have superior problem-solving skills to present a reasoned, defensible response.
• Should be able to work with a large volume of enquiries and be able to prioritize issues.
• Should be self-motivated and work with minimal direction.
• Should be able to identify issues that require escalation and to manage the escalation process.

Education / Experience 

• U.S. Licensed Attorney
• Experience in corporate banking and/or mergers and acquisitions.
• Minimum of 7 years of legal experience working on banking matters at a major investment bank and/or large law firm.

Location(s):  United States : New York : New York City

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

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