Attorney, Equipment Finance -Transaction and Negotiations

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U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Equipment Finance Legal Team to support U.S. Bank's Equipment Finance (EF) business line. This attorney will exercise considerable discretion in providing legal support to EF's management, sales, credit, and negotiations teams for documentation needs relating to commercial equipment leases, loans and software financing products originated by EF or third-party financing sources such as equipment vendors, resellers and other financial institutions for transactions of all sizes and complexity, and the preparation and negotiation of documentation for EF's vendor program relationships.

The position offers candidates a career with exposure to a variety of legal issues, while working with various departments and individuals at U.S. Bank throughout the United States to serve as a trusted legal and business advisor.

• Structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating vendor program agreements and servicing agreements with EF's indirect financing sources, such as original equipment manufacturers, resellers, brokers, and other financial institutions while ensuring compliance with established third-party risk management requirements;
• Reviewing third-party lending and leasing documentation for purchase through EF's indirect financing and syndications channels;
• Lead in the provision of structuring, risk assessment, documentation, and transactional support related to lending and leasing products offered by EF to its customers and clients with a primary focus on complex, large ticket transactions;
• Developing and maintaining transactional lending and leasing contract document templates for large ticket transactions;
• Working with senior management, sales and credit teams to evaluate and develop new financing products;
• Providing counsel to EF on perfection, collateralization and