Senior Vice President, Counsel - BNY Issuer Services

BNY•Pittsburgh, PA

10h

About The Position

This role involves advising on all aspects of commercial lending and depositary receipts (“DR”) transactions, products, programs, platforms, processes, and related matters. Key responsibilities include structuring, documenting, negotiating, and closing commercial lending transactions, as well as advising on the depositary's relationship with non-U.S. DR issuer clients and custodian agents. The position also entails advising on DR program establishments, offerings, ongoing transactions, and the extension of issuers' corporate actions to DR holders, such as tender and exchange offers, rights offerings, dividends, and proxy voting. The successful candidate will manage escalations from business stakeholders and outside counsel, assist in interactions with regulators in emerging markets to introduce DR products, negotiate agent and vendor documentation, and contribute to special, regional, and global projects for the Credit Services and DR businesses. The role requires interaction with senior management, partnership with control functions like Risk, Audit, and Compliance, management of outside counsel, and collaboration with the Credit Services and DR Legal Team.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Some familiarity with fund finance
Cross-border transactional experience and familiarity with international securities markets
Some familiarity with Regulation S, Rule 144A and Rule 144

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