Senior Corporate Counsel, Capital Markets
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The role:
SoFi is seeking an attorney who is interested in fintech, financial services, capital markets, securities and transactional work with 3-6 years of experience at either a top tier law firm or as in-house counsel. Experience with structured finance, capital markets or corporate transactions for a financial institution or fintech is highly beneficial. The position reports to the Senior Assistant General Counsel and can be located in New York or San Francisco.
What you’ll do:
The Senior Corporate Counsel will:
- Support the Personal Loan, Student Loan, Home Loan, and Credit Card products in connection with capital markets activities.
- Act as support or lead SoFi attorney on various transactions, including but not limited to securitizations, whole loan sale agreements (including purchase platforms), revolving credit facilities, derivatives, collection efforts and other corporate finance related matters.
- Research and respond to due diligence requests and know-your-customer (KYC) requests.
- Assist the procurement team by reviewing and negotiating relevant vendor agreements related to capital markets.
- Provide advice on operational questions and perform ad hoc legal research to support the SoFi Capital Markets and Treasury teams.
What you’ll need:
- Ability to work with a small team or independently in a fast paced environment with conflicting priorities, multiple transactions, and deadline pressure.
- You should be an intellectually curious self-starter with strong written and oral communication skills.
- JD from an accredited law school.
- Active membership and good standing in the New York or California bar required.
- 3+ years of experience in representing issuers and/or underwriters in structured finance ABS transactions, warehouse facilities and whole loan sales while at either a top tier law firm or as in-house counsel.
- Excellent writing skills and ability to multitask and work independently.
Nice to have:
- Experience advising on widely syndicated ABS programs is a plus.
- Experience with capital markets transactions for a bank or bank holding company is a plus.
- Experience in mortgage and unsecured lending asset classes is a plus.
- Experience with derivatives and derivative regulations is a plus.
SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.
The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights
SoFi is committed to embracing diversity. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.
Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
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