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About the Role
Serving as primary in-house subject matter expert providing legal advice and counsel to the Bank. This position is responsible for assisting the Senior Legal Counsel in legal matters arising from all aspects of the Third Coast Bank’s activities, with particular focus on legal and policy matters related to bank products and services, supervision and regulation, contract management, corporate governance and litigation management.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of company contracts.
- Draft and review legal and other corporate policies.
- Manage and coordinate actual or threatened litigation internally and with outside counsel.
- Support the Compliance function in investigating complaints, employee misconduct, and regulatory inquiries.
- Support branch, deposit, and lending functions in customer matters and compliance questions.
- Provide legal counsel and support on bank and compliance regulatory requirements.
- Serve as subject matter expert for legal process issues (e.g., subpoenas, garnishments, levies).
- Assist in responding to and resolving regulatory exams, audits, internal risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
- Attend management, executive, and/or board committee meetings and draft minutes.
- Provide legal support for Board of Director meetings and assist in preparation of materials.
- Conduct legal research and analysis on issues or new legislation and regulation.
- Maintain current knowledge of industry-specific regulations and ensure appropriate legal and compliance strategies are in place.
- Manage ad hoc projects.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Adept at recognizing and evaluating legal risk arising from business decisions and operations.
- Advise and work with various business units.
- Familiar and experienced with banking/financial services and operations.
- Working knowledge of applicable banking and consumer compliance regulations.
- Partner with business units to provide sensible and practical legal advice.
- Develop integrated solutions/responses considering operations/systems and employee experiences.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment with multiple internal clients and a wide range of legal questions and issues.
- Interested in building legal department systems and contract management / lifecycle tools.
- Excellent organization, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
- Practical and effective problem-solving skills.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Strong analytical, written and oral communication and relationship-building skills.
- Must be able to work effectively and independently in a demanding, fast-paced, fluid environment.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently while maintaining the highest standards and attention to detail.
Skills
- Legal advice
- Contract management
- Corporate governance
- Litigation management
- Regulatory compliance
- Legal research
- Policy drafting
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Analytical reasoning
- Organization
- Prioritization
- Multitasking
Location
- Office environment
Work Type
- Full-time
- Exempt
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 12+ years of experience as a lawyer
Education Level
- J.D. from a reputable law school
About the Company
- Third Coast Bank