Associate General Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage all legal aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, asset purchases, branch acquisitions, strategic investments, and support related capital markets, securities and other corporate transactions.
• Structure, draft, negotiate, and review letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, purchase agreements, merger agreements, ancillary transaction documents, and disclosure schedules.
• Exercise significant independent judgment in advising business leaders and executives, escalating matters and offering practical advice based on materiality, complexity, reputational impact, or legal risk.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams and oversee legal due diligence processes, including management of internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Identify and advise on legal, regulatory, litigation, employment, operational, compliance, and contractual risks arising from potential transactions.
• Develop and execute transaction-related regulatory approval strategies, including coordination of filings, applications, approvals, regulator engagement, responses to information requests, and satisfaction of approval conditions with applicable federal and state banking regulators.
• Prepare concise, decision-ready materials for executive management (and as necessary the Board of Directors) regarding transaction structure, key legal and regulatory risks, approval requirements, alternatives, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Support transaction integration and post-closing activities, including implementation of legal and governance requirements.
• Advise business leaders and executive management on strategic initiatives, partnerships, vendor transactions, and other significant commercial arrangements.
• Select, manage, and evaluate outside counsel and other transaction advisors; establish expectations regarding scope, staffing, timelines, and budgets; ensure timely, high-quality, commercially practical legal support.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, and business units to evaluate regulatory implications of strategic transactions.
• Assist with examination inquiries and regulatory requests related to corporate transactions and strategic initiatives.