Sr. Counsel - Corporate Banking Products and Services

TD Bank•Columbia, WA

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About The Position

The Senior Counsel provides oversight, legal advice, and support to TD Bank management in Corporate Group Functions and Business Units. The role serves as a legal expert in one or more subject areas or business lines, provides high-level legal advice, prepares legal documents, participates in major legal actions, and helps foresee and protect the company against legal risks. The Corporate Products and Services Legal Team supports Commercial Banking across deposits, payments and cards, treasury management, merchant services, and digital platforms for small business, commercial, and government customers. The team supports strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations by enabling business strategies while managing legal risks. It works with senior leadership, product managers, relationship and sales teams, retail and operations teams, and regulatory, compliance, and risk functions. The Senior Counsel advises on new and updated products and services, partnerships and sourcing arrangements, customer product terms, customer contracts and negotiations, escalated customer and regulatory issues, and communications, digital content, and marketing materials. The position collaborates with other teams in TD Legal and may manage staff and external counsel.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
J.D. from an accredited law school required.
10+ years of related experience.
Strong knowledge of at least one area of law relating to banking or financial services operations and issues.
Integrity and high moral standards; compliance with applicable Bar Rules, Codes of Professional Responsibility, and corporate ethical standards.
Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution, legal, and analytical skills; detail oriented.
Ability to apply legal knowledge to business, exercise sound judgment, and provide complex or unwelcome legal advice credibly and convincingly to management.
Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication, teamwork, and client skills.
Highly motivated and able to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple deadlines and priorities.
Strong technology aptitude, including proficiency with standard office software, ability to learn new technologies, and capacity to understand current and emerging industry technologies and their effect on business objectives.
Ability to identify problems and barriers and implement solutions that advance business strategy.
Creativity, innovation, openness to different perspectives and new ideas, and an understanding of knowledge management and systems that connect people with needed information.

Nice To Haves

Corporate or finance transactional or regulatory legal experience in a law firm or in-house environment.
Experience drafting and negotiating customer agreements or other legal documentation related to financial services, lending, or technology products and services.
Interest and experience working in cross-disciplinary and cross-functional environments, including explaining and navigating legal issues with non-legal business partners.
Familiarity with commercial banking or fintech services.
Familiarity with laws, rules, and regulations applicable to payments or banking.
Experience working in a regulated industry.

Responsibilities

Provide legal oversight, advice, and support to management in Corporate Group Functions and Business Units.
Serve as a legal expert in defined subject matter areas or business lines and advise business areas on legal matters.
Prepare resolutions, contracts, memoranda, litigation documents, and forms, and participate in major legal actions.
Anticipate and mitigate legal and litigation risks, including identifying future risks and opportunities.
Advise on new and updated products and services, partnerships, sourcing arrangements, customer product terms, customer contracting and negotiations, and escalated customer and regulatory issues.
Review communications, digital content, and marketing materials.
Manage paralegal and administrative staff as applicable, including assigning responsibilities and evaluating results; provide leadership, coaching, counseling, and guidance.
Supervise external counsel providing legal advice or other legal services to the company.
Work with the General Counsel, department attorneys, and external counsel on legal issues related to the company's business.
Support contemporaries, junior attorneys, and staff; participate in practice groups and cross-practice teams.
Assist in managing external counsel expenditures and, as needed, the department's internal and external legal budget.
Provide pragmatic legal opinions, advise in ambiguous situations, communicate difficult messages credibly, and resolve conflicts between business-unit needs and company interests.
Participate in special projects and perform additional duties as required.