Director, Senior Legal Counsel

Requisition ID: 235186

Salary Range:204000.00-256325.00

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 candidates relevant knowledge skills and experience.

Join a purpose driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabanks strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing mergers & acquisitions corporate banking institutional equity sales trading and research fixed income products derivatives energy foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.

Be part of an innovative Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future!

Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of the U.S. Legal Department with responsibility for handling and managing commercial litigation internal and regulatory investigations cybersecurity advice and investigations and providing legal advice services and counsel on matters affecting the Banks U.S. Global Banking & Markets business and U.S. operations.

What Youll Do

• Manage civil litigations by developing and implementing specific case and overall litigation strategy in collaboration with senior management supervise review comment upon and evaluate outside counsels work product and oversee case budget.
• Coordinate internal discovery including electronic discovery working in conjunction with outside counsel and the Preservation and E-Discovery teams. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance preservation and e-discovery systems.
• Manage internal and regulatory investigations including through the coordination of data collection and production and reviewing evaluating editing and approving communications and submissions by the Bank or outside counsel representing the Bank with and to government regulators.
• Advise stakeholders on US cyber laws and regulations and coordinate responses and investigations including cross-border.
• Direct and manage responses to third-party subpoenas and requests for information.
• Provide legal advice and direction to business lines C-suite level management and other stakeholders on litigation regulatory and cyber issues.
• Serve as a resource to other members of the U.S. Legal Group other corporate functions and business units to provide litigation cyber and regulatory risk perspectives and assessments.
• Remain abreast of significant court decisions and relevant technological innovations and recommend policy and process modifications as appropriate.
• Understand how the Banks risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships systems and knowledge.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas while ensuring the adequacy adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk regulatory compliance risk AML/ATF risk and conduct risk including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.

What Youll Bring

• Law Degree/Juris Doctorate-required; Attorney must be licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in in the state/jurisdiction in which the position is based or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules of that state/jurisdiction
• Experience handling financial services and commercial litigation matters
• Experience managing regulatory and internal investigations
• Experience with cybersecurity rules and regulations
• At least 6 years as a litigator in a corporate law department and/or law firm or equivalent
• Experience developing and maintaining internal and external client relationships including with C-suite personnel
• Experience preparing legal documentation and pleadings
• Excellent organizational written and oral communication skills required

Interested

If your experience is closely related but doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential respected for who they are and embraced for their differences. Thats why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

Whats in it for you

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work and life every day. With a focus on holistic well-being our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family financial physical mental and social health needs.

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Location(s): United States : Texas : Dallas

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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