Director, Managing Counsel - BNY Issuer Services (Corporate Trust, Credit Services and Global Payments and Trade)

Job description

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Advise on all aspects of corporate trust, commercial lending and global payments and trade transactions, products, programs, platforms, processes and related matters
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for the corporate trust business– including a broad range of structured finance, corporate debt, government, custody, escrow, insurance trust and public not-for-profit related agreements Structure, document, negotiate and close commercial lending transactions
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for BNY Mellon’s Global Payments and Trade business – including those related to supply chain finance, receivables finance, risk distribution, white label outsourcing, global banking terms for payments and liquidity services, and a broad range of traditional trade-finance products such as letters of credit, trade loans and the discounting of instruments and documents
• Manage escalations from various business stakeholders internally and outside counsel on transactional and documentation issues
• Assist on special, regional and global projects as required for the Corporate Trust, Credit Services, and Global Payments and Trade businesses At times interact with senior management and relevant business stakeholders
• Partner with control functions serving in an advisory or oversight capacity, such as Risk, Audit and Compliance
• Manage outside counsel and advise on business, regulatory and legal developments
• Collaborate with other Issuer Services Legal Team members, as needed
• Negotiate servicing outsourcing contracts To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and a member of the Pennsylvania or New York Bar. 3-7 years’ minimum of total work experience as a qualified attorney, including representing major financial institutions in corporate trust transactions.

Commercial lending, fund finance or supply chain finance a plus Cross-border transactional experience a plus

• Ability to handle a diverse and demanding workload
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, drafting and communications skills
• Ability to function independently, but also as part of effective teams