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Fidelity Bank · 1 day ago

Legal Counsel

Merrimack, NH

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Fidelity Bank is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to provide legal support on a range of buy-side and sell-side transactional matters. The role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional documents while providing practical business counsel and advice to various stakeholders.

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No H1B

Responsibilities

Providing practical and reasoned business counsel, advice, and leadership on a variety of transactional matters

Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional documents

Identifying risk areas relating to transactions, as well as creative solutions to address risks while supporting business goals

Applying, evaluating, and refining internal Fidelity transactional standards and practices

Participating in and leading cross-functional working teams

Forming strong, effective working relationships with your business and legal colleagues

Qualification

J.D.Transactional experienceNegotiating technology transactionsIn-house experienceFinancial services experienceAnalytical skillsWriting skillsOral communicationInterpersonal skillsCollaborative approach

Required

J.D. required

Strong academic background

A minimum of 5 years of proven experience

Significant transactional experience required, with experience negotiating technology development and licensing, broker dealer, advisor, or health care transactions and data protection and privacy provisions preferred

Outstanding judgment and range. You will need to excel at quickly analyzing complex legal and business issues in an array of substantive areas and providing thoughtful advice to business leaders and legal colleagues regarding same

Highly organized, self-motivated and self-directed. You need to be able to work efficiently, under pressure, with limited supervision, and manage projects with competing deadlines

Excellent analytical, writing, and oral communication skills, adaptive to and effective for different audiences

Outstanding advocacy and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to advise and influence senior executives and professionals from diverse businesses

Natural collaborative approach in devising pragmatic and creative solutions across a variety of issues in a dynamic environment