CIB Securitization Senior Legal Counsel, Executive Director
Country: United States of America
It Starts With You:
Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry and is evolving from a high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey and together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.
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The Difference You Make:
The Securitization Senior Legal Counsel – Executive Director serves as senior individual contributor counsel responsible for performing substantive and procedural legal tasks requiring in-depth knowledge of securitization and structured finance, with particular subject matter expertise on commercial real estate (CRE), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and related financing and capital markets transactions. Working alongside two other counsels supporting the Securitized Products Group, the role personally owns the day-to-day negotiating and drafting of deal documentation and works directly with the business in the delivery of corporate and legal services to the organization.
Serve as lead counsel and primary day-to-day point of contact providing legal coverage to Santander’s Corporate and Investment Banking (“CIB”) Securitized Products Group on its banking, lending, and capital markets transactions involving a broad range of asset classes and products, including, RMBS, ABS, and CLOs with primary emphasis on . commercial real estate financing, CMBS, and/or other CRE-backed structured finance transactions. Knowledge of CRE origination is also beneficial.
Personally lead the negotiation and drafting of deal documents related to financing and securitization transactions, including CRE and CMBS transactions, exercising independent judgment on complex, novel, or high-risk structuring and documentation issues.
Such documents include, but are not limited to, loan agreements, repo agreements, mortgage loan purchase agreements, offering documents for private placements, exempt offerings, or publicly registered U.S. securities offerings, underwriting and placement agreements, term sheets, commitment letters, engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, and form legal documents.
Work directly with senior business stakeholders to advise Santander’s CIB on its growing Securitized Products business, including the continued expansion of its CRE and CMBS capabilities, and in its roles as underwriter, structurer, arranger, bookrunner, and placement agent of securities in public and private offerings.
Monitor developments and advise the business directly on the practical and transactional implications of applicable U.S. securities laws, with a focus on structured products, including the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, U.S. banking law matters, and other applicable state and federal laws relating to lending, securities offerings, advisory services, commercial real estate financing, and CRE-backed securitizations.
Independently handle the full range of coverage matters and flexibly support adjacent business lines as a senior legal resource.
What You Bring:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
J.D. Degree: Admitted to practice in and member of the bar in good standing in the state in which the candidate will practice. -Required.
At least 8+ years of relevant securitization and/or structured products experience at a law firm and/or in-house at a…