Assistant General Counsel – Intellectual Property
Regions Bank
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Birmingham • Alabama • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,698 - $240,370 per year
About the role
- Partners with business units and executive leadership to provide practical legal advice on issues related to complex business and banking matters
- Provides strategic, pragmatic, and expert legal advice to business units
- Advises senior management as to the interpretation of laws and regulations and on new and recent changes in laws and regulations that affect the Bank
- Monitors and remains up to date on emerging legislative developments that may affect the Bank
- Participates in line of business-initiated projects such as drafting policies and procedures on new regulations and amendments or new interpretations of existing regulations
- Provides expert assessment of legal risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the Bank’s reputation as well as our clients and assets
- Works with and manages outside counsel on legal issues impacting the Bank and related matter budgets
- May lead and manage other Assistant General Counsel, specialists or paralegal staff
- Provides assistance with training bankers, associates, operational staff and customer support staff on legal issues
- Provides expert legal counsel on a wide range of legal issues and works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Proactively and consistently develops relationships based on trust across the organization; grows internal and external networks
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment with multiple stakeholders to include senior and executive management
- Has distinct, independent ownership of a legal function or specialization
- Provides mentoring opportunities for legal staff and serves as a resource for legal staff
Requirements
- Law Degree
- Licensed in good standing to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Ten (10) years of legal experience at a regulatory agency, in the financial services industry, or at a law firm with strong knowledge of bank regulations or other relevant practical legal experience
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal advicelegal risk assessmentpolicy draftingregulatory interpretationlegal counsellegal analysismentoringcollaboration
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingpragmatic problem-solvingrelationship buildingtrust developmentcommunicationleadershipteam management
Certifications
Law DegreeLicensed to practice law