Lead Legal Counsel, Capital Markets

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $208k - $287.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Upstart

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1001 - 5000 employees

🚘 Automotive

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Automotive • Consulting • Healthcare

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. The company focuses on revolutionizing lending and credit risk evaluation by leveraging its AI marketplace, which allows for higher approval rates and lower loss rates for Upstart-powered banks and credit unions. Recently, Upstart has expanded its offerings to include automobile refinancing. With a mission to enable effortless credit based on true risk, Upstart is also known for its digital-first lending experience and holds a significant position in the financial services sector.

📋 Description

• Support capital markets and finance teams with purchase and sale agreements, securitization transactions, liquidity arrangements, and day-to-day operational and legal matters • Review, draft, and negotiate transactional documents with institutional investors, including asset managers, private equity funds, hedge funds, and pension funds • Manage deal flow and collaborate with outside counsel on securitization transactions, including pass-throughs and asset-backed securitizations • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders as new products launch • Ensure document consistency and provide capital markets and investor-channel subject matter expertise • Develop processes and maintain or improve transaction templates • Partner with product-regulatory colleagues to address regulatory issues • Create internal education on legal risks

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. degree with solid academic credentials and a state bar membership • 10+ years of work experience, including both large law firm and in-house experience in structured finance, debt finance, or similar • Experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated transactional documents • Strong communication skills and ability to provide quick, concise, practical legal advice • Experience managing a team • Prior fintech experience focused on lending or credit markets preferred • California or New York bar membership preferred • Proven ability to develop scalable processes and procedures preferred • Eagerness to develop expertise in new or unfamiliar products and areas of law preferred • Ability to work within East/West Coast time zones

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly • Retirement benefits including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible US employees • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and supplemental health coverage for Canada • Health Savings Account contributions for eligible US plans • Life insurance and disability coverage • Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays • Paid family and parental leave • Family-centered fertility, parenthood, and caregiving benefits • Employee Assistance Program with mental health support and life-centered resources • Financial planning tools and financial concierge service for US employees • Annual wellness allowance • Annual productivity allowance for relevant tools and resources • Team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups • Catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens at offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City

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