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About the Role
The Senior Counsel will provide dedicated legal support to the GreensLedge Capital Markets business, advising investment banking and capital markets professionals on transactional, regulatory, and advisory matters, with a particular focus on structured credit and securitized products. This role requires strong transactional drafting and negotiation skills, experience supporting capital markets or investment banking activities, and familiarity with structured products. The Senior Counsel will serve as a practical, business-oriented legal partner, independently managing a high volume of day-to-day transactional matters.
Responsibilities
- Serve as day-to-day legal coverage for the GreensLedge Capital Markets business, supporting its investment banking and capital markets activities.
- Independently draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of agreements, including NDAs, confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, and commercial, transaction, distribution, offering, and capital markets agreements.
- Provide legal support for structured credit and securitized products, including CLOs, CFOs, rated feeders, and related financing, placement, and capital markets transactions.
- Advise on the legal and commercial terms of investment banking and capital markets engagements.
- Review and advise on offering, marketing, and other transaction materials.
- Coordinate efficiently with outside counsel, clients, counterparties, and other transaction parties.
- Partner closely with investment banking and capital markets professionals to provide practical, timely, and commercially oriented legal advice.
- Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, and other control functions on regulatory matters and support effective risk management and controls.
- Manage external counsel in connection with transactions, regulatory matters, and specialized projects.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) with six years of experience and strong academic credentials.
- Active bar membership in good standing.
- Five+ years of relevant transactional legal experience in structured finance, structured credit, securitization, capital markets, investment banking, or comparable private practice or in-house experience.
- Demonstrated experience independently drafting and negotiating NDAs, engagement letters, and other transaction and commercial agreements in a capital markets or financial services environment.
- Familiarity with structured products and structured credit transactions, including CLOs, CFOs, rated feeders, and related securitization, private placement, or fund-financing structures.
- Experience at a major law firm or financial institution strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of securities laws and SEC and FINRA requirements relevant to broker-dealer investment banking and capital markets activities preferred.
- Ability to independently manage a high volume of transactional matters, prioritize competing demands, and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
- Commercial understanding of capital markets transactions.
- Ability to become fluent in complex structured products and translate legal and regulatory considerations into practical advice for business professionals.
- Clear, confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with senior business partners, counterparties, and outside counsel.
- Practical, solutions-oriented approach to managing legal and regulatory risk while facilitating business objectives.
Skills
- Structured credit
- Securitized products
- CLOs
- CFOs
- Rated feeders
- Transactional drafting
- Negotiation
- Capital markets
- Investment banking
- Securities laws
- SEC requirements
- FINRA requirements
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 6 to 10 years
Education Level
- Juris Doctor (JD): Law
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000.00-$110,000.00
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Accident insurance
- Disability benefits
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
- Parental leave
About the Company
- At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.
- We expect our associates at all levels to: Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same, Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes, Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind, Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter, Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm.
- At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.