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Posted June 19, 2019

General Counsel

First Choice Loan Services Inc
East Brunswick, NJ Full Time

The general counsel is responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives. The general counsel provides senior management with...

The general counsel is responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives. The general counsel provides senior management with effective advice on company strategies and their implementation, manages the legal function, and obtains and oversees the work of outside counsel. The general counsel is directly involved in complex business transactions and negotiating critical contracts.

Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Participates in the definition and development of corporate policies, procedures and programs and provides continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications of all matters.
Serves as key lawyer/legal advisor on all major business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.
Judges the merits of major court cases filed against or on behalf of the company, works with the appropriate executive(s) to define a strategic defense and approves settlements of disputes where warranted.
Assumes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the company conducts its business in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
Structures and manages the company’s internal legal function.
Oversees the selection, retention, management and evaluation of all outside counsel.
Advises on legal aspects of the company’s financing, including assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities.
Ensures compliance with all banking laws, rules, regulations, and prescribed policies/practices/procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards related to and required by one’s duties.
Qualifications
Law degree.
Admitted to a state bar.
 

Minimum of fifteen years’ experience as an attorney, six of which preferred to be in a law firm environment.
Experience working on matters of corporate governance and with a board of directors.
Experience managing other attorneys and supervising support staff in a corporation.
Experience with cost-effective management of outside legal resources.
Experience with laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the residential mortgage industry.
Familiarity and understanding of SEC laws, rules and regulations.
Experience in directing strategy and managing complex Business, Employment, Regulatory and IP investigation, dispute and litigation matters.

This listing expired on Aug 18. Applications are no longer accepted.

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