Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, Commercial & Structured Finance

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $245k - $310k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Forward Financing

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2012

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🤝 B2B

💰 $250M Debt Financing on 2021-05

Finance • Fintech • B2B

Forward Financing is a company that provides fast and flexible financing solutions for small businesses. They specialize in offering capital to small businesses that may struggle to secure funding from traditional financial institutions. With a simple application process, businesses can receive funding decisions within hours and may have funds transferred the same day. Their revenue-based financing model allows payments to adjust with the business's revenue. Forward Financing aims to provide clear and transparent terms, ensuring customer satisfaction and trust. They have been recognized for their excellent service and are rated highly by small business owners.

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior strategic leader and primary legal architect behind Forward Financing's capital markets and financing engine • Structure, draft, negotiate, and execute complex debt facilities, warehouse lines of credit, forward flow arrangements, and asset-backed securitizations • Serve as the primary legal liaison to institutional lenders, credit funds, bank partners, and rating agencies • Oversee closing activities, ongoing facility administration, borrowing base compliance, reporting obligations, and covenant monitoring • Partner with Executive Leadership, Finance, and Treasury to design and structure innovative financing products, revenue-based purchase agreements, and commercial loan structures • Draft, review, and negotiate strategic enterprise contracts, vendor agreements, broker/ISO agreements, software licenses, and third-party partnerships • Support corporate secretary functions, subsidiary management, board resolutions, and equity/debt financing documentation • Work with Compliance to align financial products and commercial operations with federal and state commercial financing regulations, disclosures, and licensing laws • Manage 1–2 corporate/commercial attorneys and provide guidance, mentorship, and career development • Build scalable legal processes, playbook guidelines, and contract management tools • Manage external legal counsel and specialized finance counsel within budget

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited U.S. law school • Active bar membership in good standing in at least one state • 10+ years of relevant legal practice • Significant experience in top-tier law firm finance practice groups and/or in-house legal departments at a fintech, specialty finance provider, or commercial lender • Strong track record of running structured finance transactions, warehouse credit facilities, asset-backed lending (ABL), securitizations, or forward flows from inception to closing • Solid understanding of commercial lending frameworks, revenue-based financing (RBF), merchant cash advance (MCA) purchase-and-sale structures, or asset-based asset classes • Proven ability to manage, mentor, and elevate junior to mid-level attorneys • Ability to balance legal risk with commercial reality and provide actionable, business-oriented legal advice under tight deadlines • Experience integrating technology into legal workflows and contract management tools • Prior experience in high-growth fintech or non-bank financial institution environments (nice-to-have) • Familiarity with commercial financing disclosure laws and state licensing requirements (nice-to-have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements: work from home, in the office, or a combination of both • Flexible hours • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Commuter benefits • Flexible time-off policy • Paid parental leave • 401k match for US employees • Wellness reimbursement • Volunteering days • Annual professional development budget • Charitable donation match • Virtual and in-person team events • Annual target bonus of 25%