BNY · 5 hours ago
Senior Vice President, Counsel
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expBNY is a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system. They are seeking a Counsel to join their Issuer Services Legal team, where the role involves advising on commercial lending and depositary receipts transactions, structuring and negotiating transactions, and managing relationships with various stakeholders.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Advising on all aspects of commercial lending and depositary receipts (“DR”) transactions, products, programs, platforms, processes and related matters
Structuring, documenting, negotiating and closing commercial lending transactions
Advising on all aspects of the depositary's relationship with non-U.S. DR issuer clients and custodian agents
Advising on DR program establishments, offerings and ongoing transactions and implementation and the extension of issuers' corporate actions to DR holders, including tender and exchange offers, rights offerings, dividends and proxy voting
Managing escalations from various business stakeholders internally and outside counsel on transactional and documentation issues
Assisting the business in interactions with regulators in various emerging and frontier market jurisdictions to introduce the DR product and engage with development of new DR uses in existing markets
Negotiating agent and vendor documentation
Assist on special, regional and global projects as required for the Credit Services and DR businesses
Interacting with senior management and relevant business stakeholders
Partnering with control functions serving in an advisory or oversight capacity, such as Risk, Audit and Compliance
Managing outside counsel and advising on business, regulatory and legal developments
Collaborating with other Credit Services and DR Legal Team members, as needed
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and a member of the Pennsylvania or New York Bar
5 years' minimum of total work experience as a qualified attorney, preferably representing major financial institutions in lending and/or US public securities issuance
Ability to handle a diverse and demanding workload
Excellent negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, drafting and communications skills
Ability to function independently, but also to function as part of effective teams
Preferred
Some familiarity with fund finance a plus
Cross-border transactional experience and familiarity with international securities markets a plus
Some familiarity with Regulation S, Rule 144A and Rule 144 a plus
Benefits
Highly competitive compensation
Benefits
Wellbeing programs
Flexible global resources and tools
Generous paid leaves
Paid volunteer time
Company
BNY
For more than 240 years BNY has partnered alongside clients, using its expertise and platforms to help them operate more efficiently and accelerate growth.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Brian A. Ruane
CEO Government Securities Services & Global Client Management
Chris Kearns
CEO, Depositary Receipts
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