Senior Counsel Job

• Company

  BNY Mellon

• Location

  USA-NY-New York City

• Remuneration

  Competitive

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  21-Oct-2013

• eFC Ref no

  1280709

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Senior Counsel (Job Number: 1312492)

BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 36 countries and more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com .

The Legal department mitigates risk and handles legal affairs for BNY Mellon.

Description

The Commercial Practice Group is seeking an attorney in New York to support the firm's lending, trade finance and related activities involving a wide range of clients. The individual will interact closely with all groups involving in these activities including Credit and Operational Risk, Global Client Management, Credit and Trade Operations and Treasury. The individual will be responsible for advising on all aspects of extensions of credit and trade finance transactions, products, programs, processes, and related matters; structuring, documenting, negotiating and closing transactions; and advising on business, regulatory and legal developments related to these activities. Individual should be admitted to the New York State bar.

Preferred :

5+ years experience representing major banks in lending transactions

Mutual fund, alternative fund or broker dealer lending experience

Prior in-house experience

Cross-border transactional experience

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent drafting and communications skills

Self-motivated and able to work with minimal direction

Ability to handle a diverse and demanding workload

Qualifications

Advanced Legal Degree, 5+ years within the Legal industry, J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.

Primary Location: New York, NY, US
Internal Jobcode: 11510
Job: Legal
Organization: Legal Affairs-HR06241

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