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About the Role
ING is seeking an experienced U.S.-qualified lawyer to provide dedicated legal support to the Lending business, focusing on trade and commodities finance, receivables financings, letters of credit, and secured lending transactions. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver practical legal advice and supporting the broader Americas Legal function on corporate governance and regulatory matters. It also includes partnering with global colleagues to analyze the impact of U.S. laws and regulations on ING's global operations.
Responsibilities
- Advise ING Americas and Wholesale Banking affiliates on U.S. banking laws, regulatory requirements, compliance matters, and market practice relating to lending transactions and related documentation.
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to front-office lending teams, providing transactional and contractual support with a focus on trade and commodities finance, receivables financings, letters of credit, and secured lending transactions.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial, corporate, and operational agreements.
- Advise senior management on corporate governance matters, regulatory developments, and significant legal risks and trends impacting the business.
- Draft, implement, and maintain legal policies, procedures, guidelines, best practices, and template documentation to support the firm's business activities and risk management objectives.
- Develop and deliver legal and regulatory training to business and support functions, fostering awareness of legal developments, regulatory requirements, and emerging risks.
- Monitor and assess legal, regulatory, and market developments affecting ING's U.S. and global operations, and provide practical guidance on associated risks and opportunities to internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues across ING's global legal and regulatory functions to analyze and address the impact of U.S. laws and regulations with extraterritorial application.
Requirements
- J.D. and active New York Bar admission with strong academic credentials
- 7+ years of experience post-qualification as a New York Bar attorney
- Strong knowledge of varied and complex lending products, including trade and commodities finance, receivables financings, letters of credit law and practices, and secured lending transactions.
- Experience with work-outs, restructurings and bankruptcies a plus.
- In-depth experience with a variety of bank regulatory matters and knowledge of banking-related laws, regulations and rules, including BIC facility and discount window matters
- Commercially minded with a solutions-oriented approach to legal issues
- Able to operate independently in a high-volume, time-sensitive environment
- High attention to detail, commitment to excellent output and sound judgment under pressure
- Positive, collaborative attitude, a strong sense of ownership and curiosity, and consistent drive to go above and beyond to deliver on shared goals
- Collaborative team player comfortable working across global platforms
- Willing to take initiative to investigate issues, maintain operational discipline, and improve existing processes
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
Skills
- UCC Article 5
- UCC Article 9
- Creation of security interests
- Perfection of security interests
- Priority of security interests
- Enforcement of security interests
- Trade finance
- Commodities finance
- Receivables financings
- Letters of credit
- Secured lending transactions
- Banking laws
- Regulatory requirements
- Compliance matters
- Market practice
- Transactional support
- Contractual support
- Commercial agreements
- Corporate agreements
- Operational agreements
- Corporate governance
- Legal risk assessment
- Regulatory development analysis
- Legal policy drafting
- Procedure drafting
- Guideline drafting
- Best practice implementation
- Template documentation
- Risk management
- Legal training development
- Regulatory training development
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing senior levels
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid work model
- In-office / work from home flexibility
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience post-qualification as a New York Bar attorney
Education Level
- J.D.
- Active New York Bar admission
Salary/Compensations
- $260,000-$315,000
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus program
- Comprehensive health benefits
- $0 premium medical plan with HSA
- Generous 401k savings plan
- Competitive PTO
- Adoption services
- Surrogacy services
- Fertility services
- Student debt assistance
- Subsidies for commuting expenses
- Subsidies for fitness expenses
About the Company
- In Americas, ING’s Wholesale Banking division offers a broad range of innovative financial products and services to domestic and international corporate and institutional clients.
- ING has built a culture that’s fun, friendly and supportive, encouraging individuality and providing the freedom to take risks, think differently, take ownership of work, and make great things happen.
- ING Americas follows a hybrid work model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility.
- ING Bank does not have a commercial banking license in the U.S. and therefore not permitted to conduct a commercial banking business in the U.S. Through its wholly owned subsidiary ING Financial Services LLC, and its affiliates, it offers a full array of wholesale products such as commercial lending and a full range of FM products and services.
Equal Opportunity
- ING is a committed equal opportunity employer.
- We welcome applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- We celebrate these differences and rely upon your unique perspective to innovate and seize new opportunities.
- Come as you are.