Aegon Asset Management

General Counsel

• Lead negotiation and preparation of commercial loan applications, loan documents, and loan modification documents.
• Communicate with and respond to internal loan officers, asset managers, analysts, and other business team members regarding commercial real estate loan matters, including new loans, loan servicing matters, and problem loans.
• Supervise and review work product of outside counsel in connection with commercial real estate loan closings, workouts, foreclosures, and other litigation.
• Work on complex problems where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors and that impact significant areas of the company.
• Provide a variety of general legal services to different in-house constituents, including within the legal and compliance departments.
• Coordinate with various internal clients (across different offices), borrowers, and both in-house and outside counsel regarding multiple matters and projects to meet deadlines and efficiently manage processes.
• Identify, analyze, review, and resolve issues by evaluating a variety of factors and exercise of legal judgment commensurate with experience.
• Review and interpret legal documents for validity, content, accuracy, and compliance with procedures.
• Exercise independent judgment regarding legal advice with limited supervision from a more senior attorney.
• Participate in and may lead departmental and cross-functional working groups in identified areas of legal expertise or development.
• Develop template agreements, select from pre-approved options in template contracts, and suggest changes to templates as needed; conduct legal research; manage litigation or regulatory actions of moderate complexity, including workouts, foreclosures, responding to discovery requests and subpoenae; review and approve certain customer correspondence (e.g., letters, advertising); prepare training for managers; and other activities to support business groups.

Senior Counsel – Commercial Mortgage Lending