First Citizens Bank Looking for Counsel – Equipment Finance (Hybrid) at Callahan, FL Full Time

As Counsel, you will be a team member in the bank’s Legal Department, a high-energy group of legal professionals dedicated to providing exceptional client service, value, and trustworthy advice to enable the bank’s business.  This position will support First Citizens Bank’s Business Capital (BC) line of business and provides advice and counsel to management and associates at all levels.

This position will be 3 days a week in office. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide transactional legal support to BC, including negotiating, reviewing and documenting vendor program agreements, master lease agreements and schedules, master equipment finance agreements and schedules, master assignment agreements and lease/loan assignment documentation and end user lease and loan agreements.
• Assist with customer and vendor complaints, and vendor support agreements.
• Assist with the structuring of new business transactions.
• Advise on a variety of transaction issues including enforcement issues, bankruptcy, and public sector contracting.
• Endeavor to provide legal support to BC without significant reliance on outside counsel and if outside counsel is used, manage outside counsel to provide quality and cost-effective representation.
• Respond to day-to-day issues arising within BC and provide guidance and recommendations for problem resolution in a manner that appropriately balances legal risk and business needs.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited institution and at least four (4) years of post-JD legal experience. 

Additional Requirements:

• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to make timely sound decisions, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and ability to provide advice with conviction and confidence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex legal information to a diverse audience.
• Active listening skills and the ability to quickly identify and solve issues that a transaction might present.
• Detail oriented.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both legal and business colleagues.
• Ability to manage external counsel on a cost-effective basis.
• Highest level of integrity, initiative, and resilience
• Admitted to practice in state of office location or registered as in-house counsel in state of office location or willing to become so.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with commercial equipment lease and loan transactions and documentation therefor, including vendor finance.
• Experience with commercial lending and/or other similar transactional matters, such as lease or loan syndications or capital markets activities.
• Knowledge of, and familiarity with, applicable law pertaining to leasing and secured transactions, such as Articles 2A and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
• Experience working as inside counsel for a commercial bank, commercial finance company or an equipment finance/leasing company.
• Experience working directly with clients, including senior management.