Assistant General Counsel Debt Capital Markets (VP)

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced and commercially minded attorney to join our Legal Department as Assistant General Counsel primarily focused on supporting the global Debt Capital Markets (DCM) origination business and also supporting the team of lawyers both in EMEA and globally to provide general lending advice and support on core banking transactions and ancillary documentation. This role will provide strategic legal advice and transactional support across a broad range of DCM products including investment-grade and high-yield debt private placements and liability management transactions.

In this role you will:

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning
• Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Companys operations strategies or profitability
• Provide legal advice on matters for management of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
• Serve as a legal advisor to the businesses within Wells Fargo
• Review and analyse complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Represent of the Company in highly complex litigation negotiations settlement discussions and claims related legal issues
• Manage highly complex claims and litigation
• Draft complex legal documents review and negotiate documents prepared by outside counsel
• Identify and analyse complex legal issues develop conclusions and make recommendations for issue resolution
• Provide substantive legal advice on matters for more experienced management of the Corporation
• Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives and lead work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Educate train and supervise less experienced attorneys within the Legal department
• Collaborate strategically with peers colleagues and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects teams or serve as a peer mentor
• Develop relationships with and provide guidance to more experienced leadership including executive officers on issues that may present legal regulatory compliance or reputational risk to the Company
• Partner with business leaders and management of other corporate departments to develop and implement risk management programs

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Law or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm and/or in-house at a major financial institution
• Experience working with or advising DCM desks at a global investment bank.
• Experience with securities laws and regulations and market practice relevant for cross-border and international debt offerings lending transactions and related transactions and jurisdiction-specific requirements and securities regulations
• Basic familiarity with U.S. securities laws and regulations
• Familiarity with lending documentation including LMA or LSTA standard forms
• Strong business judgment and commercial approach
• Excellent drafting negotiation communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and timezones and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to focus on both detail and big-picture issues

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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