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Position Overview:

Are you an expert securities attorney looking for a rewarding and sophisticated in-house practice Are you driven by making an impact at a mission-oriented institution that leads the U.S. housing finance industry We are looking for a talented and collegial structured finance attorney with outstanding substantive and analytical skills and experience in leading fast-paced transactions. We offer a dynamic multi-faceted mortgage securities practice with work-life balance. Apply now and learn more about this opportunity!

Our Impact:

• The Securities Department provides legal counsel and full execution support for mortgage securitization programs and other securities-related transactions.

• This includes Single-Family and Multifamily securities and support of related company and regulatory initiatives and proposals development of new products product enhancements and strategic changes.

• We are a private sector company with a public purpose that offers a positive culture and work-life balance.

Your Impact:

• Use your knowledge and expertise to act as trusted advisor to capital markets clients in securitization transactions and to provide counsel on program improvements innovations and strategic changes. Your advice will help shape company policies and operations and will impact the industry in furtherance of Freddie Macs mission.

• Collaborate with peers manage teams of outside counsel and internal legal professionals and interact on behalf of the company with regulators counterparties and industry organizations.

• Be part of the influential legal team that partners with business clients to bring to market complex MBS offerings and novel structures.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree; membership in good standing in a state Bar and a minimum of eight years of legal experience; Minimum 10 years of related work experience.

• Transactional experience in securitization structured finance or capital markets with a major law firm or corporate law department.

• In-depth knowledge of federal securities laws and securities market practices.

• Ability to lead and manage transactions including drafting and negotiating transaction/disclosure documents for complex residential (single-family and multifamily) MBS issuances.

• Understanding of legal market and regulatory issues affecting the securities and MBS markets.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and to collaborate with a team of attorneys and legal professionals in order to deliver results and meet business objectives.

• A background in business or finance is a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Subject-matter expertise and excellent technical drafting communication organizational and project management skills to directly lead the execution of complex MBS transactions.

• Intellectual skills to understand business goals processes and stakeholder interests and to identify explain and mitigate applicable legal risks.

• Problem-solving mindset creative thinking ease with client interactions and ability to build consensus.

• Adaptability to use AI tools and to continue development of AI skills and competencies.

• Ability to remain agile and adaptable in a dynamic corporate environment.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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