Legal Specialist - Complex Business Structures

Texas Capital Bank•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Texas Capital is seeking a governance and documentation specialist for its legal department. The role supports a relationship-level operating model for onboarding complex client business structures and managing authority on an ongoing basis, with an emphasis on commercial real estate, energy fund sponsors, private wealth, and treasury services. The specialist reviews governing documents to confirm control and authority, maintains accurate systems of record, flags risks and exceptions, and coordinates with legal, compliance, operations, treasury, and credit teams. The position also contributes to more consistent documentation practices and client support while helping eliminate redundant processes without compromising legal requirements. The role involves working with nested and multi-level entities, real estate- and infrastructure-specific investment structures, investment funds and sponsors, family office and wealth management structures, and private equity structures. The successful candidate is practical, resourceful, dependable, communicative, attentive to detail, and comfortable working across teams in a fast-paced, client-focused environment. The position requires the ability to work at a computer for extended periods.

Requirements

JD or equivalent experience in financial services, entity formation and delegations of authority, transactional work, or other relevant experience will be strongly considered.
At least 3 years of experience with entity formation, constituent documents, fund structures, bank operations, or complex commercial KYC/onboarding.
Competence in legal document analysis, business organization governing documents, workflow coordination, and exception handling.
Ability to trace ownership and control structures through multiple layers, including funds, general partners, management companies, and special purpose entities.
Familiarity with corporate and business authority, beneficial ownership concepts, and KYC, KYB, and AML.
Strong written communication skills, including concise emails and clear, logical business documentation packages.
Initiative and ability to execute with appropriate urgency in a high-performing, client-focused, deadline-oriented environment.
Excellent listening skills and ability to work as a team player.
Clear written and spoken expression.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail to handle diverse, concurrent assignments.
Ability to work at a computer for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Experience in real estate finance, fund formation and administration, commercial banking onboarding, mortgage banking, or similar financial services.
Coachability and a strong desire to learn and improve.

Responsibilities

Analyze constituent documents—including operating agreements, limited partnership agreements, corporate bylaws, articles of incorporation, trust agreements, resolutions, secretary certificates, and incumbency certificates—to confirm delegated legal authority.
Construct and maintain legal structure charts for complex business structures, including nested entities, sponsor families, commercial real estate and private fund structures, and multi-SPV clients.
Build and maintain authority matrices that distinguish entity-level legal representatives, bank-authorized signers, treasury approvers, and digital preparers, with documented evidence and effective dates.
Prepare standardized entity documentation packages for account opening, lending clients, and delegated authority or entitlements.
Flag and route refresh triggers, including ownership or control changes, new general partners or trustees, expired documents, and credit structure changes.
Track open items, coordinate customer document corrections, and maintain accurate systems of record.
Coordinate with legal, compliance, treasury, operations, and credit stakeholders on documentation and authority matters.
Contribute to policy development, including consistent client expectations, standardized document acceptance criteria, and authority escalation processes.
Raise exceptions and novel structures through appropriate approval channels.