General Counsel

• Own negotiation and execution of commercial SaaS agreements — including MSAs, subscription agreements, DPAs, and NDAs — while enabling the business to move quickly within defined guardrails.
• Enforce company positions on non-standard terms and manage escalation paths, improving time-to-signature without increasing legal or commercial risk.
• Train and enable Sales to handle routine negotiations independently, reducing legal bottlenecks at scale.
• Lead the end-to-end contracting function for all customer and vendor agreements, building a scalable, AI-enabled operation that reduces manual work and accelerates deal cycles.
• Implement and manage a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, including templates, negotiation playbooks, approval workflows, and delegation of authority controls.
• Leverage AI-driven legal tools for contract review, risk flagging, and workflow automation — actively identifying opportunities to reduce outside counsel reliance over time.
• Own vendor contracting and procurement legal processes, maintaining a contract repository with proactive tracking of key terms and obligations.
• Lead legal aspects of data privacy — including DPA negotiation and regulatory alignment with GDPR, CCPA, and related frameworks — and monitor evolving requirements across Canto's operating and customer geographies.
• Partner with Security, Product, and Executive Leadership on emerging legal and regulatory requirements related to AI, data governance, automated decision-making, IP, and responsible AI practices.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor across commercial and operational matters, managing outside counsel relationships across the US and Europe with a focus on cost efficiency and minimizing routine escalations.
• Handle disputes and pre-litigation matters with a pragmatic, resolution-oriented approach, and advise on Canto's corporate entity compliance program.
• Partner with Security during privacy and security events, coordinating on notification obligations, contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and privilege preservation.

Commercial Counsel

• Monitor, track, and synthesize proposed and enacted federal, state, and local laws, regulations, agency guidance, and enforcement trends in a timely manner, highlighting implications for business operations.
• Conduct legal research across multiple jurisdictions and translate findings into clear, practical resources, guidance, and training materials for internal stakeholders.
• Develop concise reports, dashboards, and communications that provide visibility into legal developments, compliance initiatives, implementation progress, and key risk areas.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance colleagues to assess the applicability of laws and regulations to business processes, operational workflows, and third-party vendor activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Compliance & Regulatory Counsel

• Review, comment on and negotiate LIHTC documents, including Letters of Intent, Limited Partnership Agreements and Fund Agreements
• Engage with outside tax counsel, review tax opinions
• Oversee the legal due diligence process for individual transactions
• Facilitates closings of upper and lower tier LIHTC transactions
• Manage post-closing asset management matters which require legal involvement
• Structure new tax credit funds for syndication
• Manage the due diligence process for admitting new transactions into funds
• Respond to investor counsel questions and comments
• Possesses LIHTC equity subject matter expertise, with some knowledge of corporate law, tax law, commercial mortgage loan and similar real estate transactions and housing tax credit transactions
• Studies proposed and existing legislation affecting the Company and advises departments concerned
• Prepares corporate resolutions and forms
• Guards against legal risks involving the company
• Work may be reviewed

Senior Counsel – LIHTC

• Provide legal advice and support in the development, filing, offering, and administration of life insurance products and services for our Individual Life Insurance division.
• Prepare, review, and negotiate legal contracts, documents, and agreements, including marketing, distribution, administration, TPA, and/or vendor agreements for the review of senior team members.
• Research, counsel, and draft recommendations pertaining to agent appointments and licensing, illustrations, foreign nationals, international business, structured settlements, debt, and estate issues.
• Advise on legal risks and potential impacts of business decisions, as well as escalated claims and consumer complaints.
• Monitor, review and interpret relevant changes in laws, rules and regulations, particularly those related to insurance regulations.
• Support Transamerica’s group life insurance, supplemental life insurance products, and supplemental health insurance products and services for our Group Employee Benefits division.
• Draft regulatory responses, disclosures, and other correspondence that may include market conduct issues from state and federal regulators for the review of senior team members.
• Collaborate with internal compliance teams to develop and implement policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks.
• Work on legal issues where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors.

Senior Counsel – Insurance Regulatory Counsel, Life Insurance

• Provide legal advice and support in the development, filing, offering, and administration of life insurance products and services for our Employee Benefits division.
• Prepare, review, and negotiate legal contracts, documents, and agreements, including marketing, distribution, administration, TPA, and/or vendor agreements for the review of senior team members.
• Research, counsel, and draft recommendations addressing unique regulatory challenges such as state-based claims processing requirements, benefit coordination with group health plans, benefit triggers and eligibility, and the application of ERISA’s preemption clause to state insurance mandates.
• Advise on legal risks and potential impacts of business decisions, as well as escalated claims and consumer complaints.
• Monitor, review and interpret relevant changes in laws, rules and regulations, particularly those related to insurance regulations.
• As needed, support Transamerica’s Life Insurance division.
• Draft regulatory responses, disclosures, and other correspondence that may include market conduct issues from state and federal regulators for the review of senior team members.
• Collaborate with internal compliance teams to develop and implement policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks.
• Work on legal issues where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors.

Senior Counsel – Employee Benefits

• Analyze business strategy and department strategies and screen for legal opportunities or risks.
• Deliver input and advice for improvement from a legal point of view.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Develop, implement and maintain high quality contract templates and standards for use.
• Implement and employ internal controls to monitor and assess legal risk.
• Negotiate, draft/create documentation and advise the business on end user agreements and vendor program agreements.
• Work with outside legal expertise and liaise with in-house business and legal experts.
• Research legal issues related to federal and state lending laws, secured transactions, leasing and collection practices

Senior Legal Counsel

• Serve as a legal advisor to the Regulatory Relations function, including support for the Confidential Supervisory Information program and relevant governance documents
• Provide guidance to stakeholders related to regulatory interaction best practices
• Research and analyze existing and proposed laws, regulations, and guidance related to the Company’s federal supervisory agencies and support advocacy on areas of importance to Wells Fargo
• Collaborate within the department and across business and staff functions to address legal and risk issues in a manner consistent with the best interests of Wells Fargo
• Proactively identify policy, legal, and regulatory matters pertaining to area of expertise, and evaluate the legal risk to and impact on the Company
• Apply cross-disciplinary or specialty expertise proactively to manage complex legal and regulatory issues
• Lead initiatives of varying scope and complexity
• Independently resolve moderately complex issues and lead teams to meet deliverables

Senior Counsel, Senior AVP – Regulatory Relations, Policy & Control

• Advising on complex legal matters at the intersection of technology, data, and business strategy
• Partnering closely with IT and other stakeholders to provide thoughtful, practical legal guidance on cybersecurity, privacy, and emerging technologies
• Contributing to evolving policies and procedures
• Identifying and mitigating risk in a dynamic environment
• Drafting contracts, pleadings, memorandum and other legal documents for filing before regulatory agencies or state or federal courts
• Monitoring legal and business developments that may affect a project and determining the appropriate course of action
• Managing stakeholder relationships and communications

Counsel II – Cyber & Privacy

• Develops strategy, advocates, and manages standard commercial litigation and transactions
• Provides legal counsel on various legal matters
• Drafts contracts, pleadings, memoranda, and other legal documents
• Manages stakeholder relationships and communications

Counsel II – Commercial Operations

• Research and analyze existing and proposed laws, regulations, and rules to assess applicability to Wells Fargo
• Provide legal advice related to various rulemakings and other regulatory activities, including advocacy through trade organizations, for areas of critical importance to the Company, including developing and novel areas of law
• Provide guidance to management on legal and regulatory matters impacting business strategy and policy of the Company
• Collaborate within the department and across business and staff functions to address legal and risk issues in a manner consistent with the best interests of the Company, including to engage trade associations on critical priorities
• Establish internal reporting, information-sharing, and escalation pathways with GRPP, Public Affairs Legal, and Legal SMEs to ensure smooth communication and oversight
• Proactively identify policy, legal, and regulatory matters, and evaluate the legal risk and impact
• Independently resolve moderately complex issues and lead teams to meet deliverables
• Exercise considerable discretion and serve as the primary legal contact for assigned clients and coverage topics
• Educate, train, and supervise less experienced attorneys within the Legal department
• Lead initiatives of varying scope and complexity

Assistant General Counsel, Vice President – Regulatory Initiatives

• Provide legal advice and support in the development, filing, offering, and administration of life insurance products and services for our Employee Benefits division. This includes all term accident, disability, hospital indemnity, executive health, medical gap, retiree medical, Medicare supplement, and employer provide life products.
• Prepare, review, and negotiate legal contracts, documents, and agreements, including marketing, distribution, administration, TPA, and/or vendor agreements for the review of senior team members.
• Research, counsel, and draft recommendations addressing unique regulatory challenges such as state-based claims processing requirements, benefit coordination with group health plans, benefit triggers and eligibility, and the application of ERISA’s preemption clause to state insurance mandates.
• Advise on legal risks and potential impacts of business decisions, as well as escalated claims and consumer complaints.
• Monitor, review and interpret relevant changes in laws, rules and regulations, particularly those related to insurance regulations.
• As needed, support Transamerica’s Life Insurance division.
• Draft regulatory responses, disclosures, and other correspondence that may include market conduct issues from state and federal regulators for the review of senior team members.
• Collaborate with internal compliance teams to develop and implement policies and procedures to mitigate legal risks.
• Work on legal issues where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors.

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