Corporate Counsel

The role: 

The Corporate Counsel will report directly to the General Counsel and will perform many and varied legal tasks related to a growing company in the financial sector.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advising senior management, business managers, business development personnel and other personnel on all aspects of commercial transactions, as well as various laws and regulations affecting the company’s businesses
• Negotiating and drafting of contracts, including service agreement, bank agreements, marketing agreements intellectual property licenses, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements
• Coordinating all legal aspects of transactions, including counseling on deal structure, drafting letters of intent/term sheets, conducting or supervising due diligence, drafting and/or reviewing transaction documents and briefing senior management prior to final approval
• Managing various projects and deadlines
• Strengthening and maintaining the compliance function including conducting internal compliance reviews
• Advising executives on contract status, legal risks and business terms of various deals
• Providing assistance with joint ventures, strategic partnership deals, and mergers and acquisitions
• Researching unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes
• Keeping abreast of legislative changes that may affect the company and its affiliates
• Performing pre-litigation work to minimize risks and maximize legal rights
• Reviewing advertising and marketing materials to ensure compliance with legal requirements
• Developing solutions to complex legal questions
• Providing training to the company and its affiliates on substantive legal topics
• Developing the organization’s policies on industry-specific issues, corporate governance or regulatory affairs
• Analyzing and summarizing complicated legal documents including contracts; making suggestions for alterations of those documents
• Anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems within the organization and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk
• Developing forms and templates for business initiatives
• Other assignments on an ad hoc basis

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited law school; current registration in the Utah bar
• 2 to 5 years experience in the practice of law after admittance to the bar
• Experience and expertise in one or more particular fields of legal specialization including anti-money laundering, prepaid card rules and regulations, credit card rules and regulations, and other payment related fields is preferred but not required
• Knowledge concerning legal issues involving financial entities
• Ability to learn and gain expertise in new areas
• Ability to conduct accurate, high-quality legal research
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to use good judgment and discretion
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Understanding of legal ethics
• Strong experience in structuring, negotiating and drafting complex contracts independently

Additional Desirable Qualifications Skills and Knowledge:

• Business savvy and ability to partner with business teams to facilitate achievement of business objectives
• Ability to work effectively with business personnel at all levels
• Ability to work independently, but also to accept direction from General Counsel
• Collegial style, team player
• Excellent communication skills

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