General Counsel

NextStep Recruiting has partnered with a financial services organization to identify a General Counsel in Tarrant County, Texas. This role is 100% onsite and will lead the legal, compliance, governance, and risk functions supporting a commercial equipment finance platform.

This position is ideal for a business-minded legal executive with significant experience in commercial equipment finance who can advise senior leadership while remaining actively involved in transactions, litigation, workouts, and regulatory matters.

Required:

• Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law
• 10+ years of legal experience, including at least 5 years serving as lead or senior in-house counsel
• Direct experience within commercial equipment finance or equipment leasing
• Strong background managing litigation, bankruptcy matters, restructurings, workouts, collections, and enforcement actions
• Experience advising executive leadership and boards on legal risk, governance, compliance, and complex commercial matters

Preferred:

• Experience supporting a commercial lender, private credit platform, bank, or specialty finance organization
• Knowledge of secured lending, UCC requirements, lien perfection, collateral remedies, and state licensing considerations
• Experience negotiating credit agreements, leases, guarantees, forbearance agreements, settlements, and vendor contracts
• Exposure to asset-based lending, factoring, capital markets, acquisitions, or private equity-backed environments
• Track record of reducing outside counsel dependency and building scalable legal processes, policies, and templates

This is an opportunity to build a sophisticated in-house legal function and play a meaningful role in the continued growth of an established financial services organization. Qualified commercial finance attorneys are encouraged to apply for confidential consideration.

NextStep Recruiting provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or sexual orientation. In addition to federal law requirements, NextStep Recruiting complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.