About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Counsel to be based in London, as part of the global Banking team.

In this role, you will:

Be part of the Banking team supporting Wells Fargo's business in EMEA and APAC. The Banking team in region actively supports lending, capital markets, trade and receivables products and payment services & treasury management based in EMEA and in APAC.  This role will focus primarily on supporting the general banking and finance work in the team, including asset-based lending and receivables and trade financing. As part of this support, the candidate will work closely with certain commercial banking lines of business in structuring and documenting transactions with clients. 

The candidate will also work closely, and build relationships, with outside law firm partners, and focus on supporting both the business in region today, as well as helping to enable future structural and product adjacencies to drive growth.

The candidate should have:

• Working closely with business stakeholders in structuring and documenting a wide range of general banking, receivables and trade-related structures.
• Advising on, and identifying, legal issues, risks and mitigants as part of complex transaction documentation suites, including instructing and liaising with external counsel as required.
• Working independently with the lines of business to help develop and grow their businesses, including by providing creative and problem-solving legal input to new product and new initiative development, and assisting with all relevant internal Wells Fargo approval committees and procedures.
• Working with other functional stakeholders, including Compliance and all wider Risk functions, in EMEA/APAC and the US.
• Assisting the lines of business and regulatory colleagues in the Legal Department in providing advice regarding the licensing and regulation of products supported in region.
• Communicating and collaborating on all elements of their legal work and wider associated legal and business risks with other members of the global Banking Team.  
• Effectively managing own workflow, prioritisation and legal spend tracking.

This candidate will be based in London but work as part of the global Banking team and will collaborate closely with other banking lawyers in EMEA, APAC and the US.

Required Qualifications:

• Duly qualified lawyer admitted to practice law in England & Wales, the United States, other common-law or European jurisdiction.  Candidate should have a minimum of around 5 years post-qualification experience in either private practice, in-house or ideally both.

Job Expectations:

• Extensive experience of advising and representing international financial institutions in general banking, lending and trade-related matters, including advising on regulatory and compliance-based issues.

• Good working knowledge of international standard trade documentation and LMA/LSTA loan documentation and market standards.

• Good technical knowledge of regional markets and relevant laws with respect to lending, banking, receivables and trade financial products.

• Proven ability to analyse legal and regulatory issues and provide effective advice to internal clients on complex legal matters.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, and familiarity with standard AI tools.

• Ability to self-start, effectively organise and prioritise multiple workstreams and internal client requests.

• Able to escalate legal issues effectively in a proactive and timely manner.

• Ability to work effectively in a complex environment with a high degree of collaboration.

• Effective in building partnerships, able to work effectively with multiple functions as part of project teams, working for the success of the wider team.

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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