Lead Senior Counsel, DSF & Capital Markets

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, creative and commercially minded lawyer to support our Capital Markets and Debt and Structured Finance (“DSF”) business, a division of CBRE’s Capital Markets business segment. As the premier provider of commercial and multifamily financing, CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., combines robust lender relationships, industry-leading deal volume and a proprietary technology platform to deliver innovative options for financing and servicing commercial mortgage loans.

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As a Lead Senior Counsel on the Advisory team of CBRE’s Legal Department, you will partner closely with DSF leadership and its mortgage brokerage, commercial lending and commercial loan servicing operations to provide legal counsel while assessing and mitigating risk proactively, creatively and strategically. You’ll also play a key role in the Legal Department by collaborating with colleagues on industry-leading legal risk mitigation strategies in response to market changes and conditions impacting CBRE’s business.

• Oversee legal matters for CBRE DSF, including advising on corporate governance, compliance, employment, litigation, and risk management matters and supervising outside counsel.
• Support CBRE DSF’s mortgage loan brokerage business in connection with negotiation of client engagement letters and review and negotiation of ancillary documents; work directly with CBRE DSF brokerage professionals to opine on legal issues that arise in connection with client engagements.
• Support DSF’s Commercial Agency Group (“CAG”) in connection with commercial lending activities, primarily for government agencies Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and FHA/HUD; provide advice on specific issues that arise in the loan origination business; review and consult with executive management on contractual relationships with the agencies; advise on client issues that arise in the course of loan origination services for private lenders;
  
  review documentation relating to correspondent relationships and any closing duties of the CAG team.
• Work with outside counsel to document, monitor, and maintain CBRE DSF’s mortgage warehouse lines of credit.
• Support CBRE DSF’s commercial loan servicing subsidiary, CBRE Loan Services, Inc., in all aspects of its business, including:
  • General commercial business contracts
  • Commercial mortgage loan servicing agreements
  • Servicer Acknowledgements
  • Escrow Agreements
  • Financing/repo documents
  • Cost plus and secondment employment arrangements
  • State licensing issues related to commercial mortgage loan servicing
  • GSE (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) multifamily seller/servicer guide changes
  • Familiarity with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and HUD/FHA multifamily lending and servicing programs
  • Familiarity with securitized lending products (CMBS, Freddie CME, etc.)
• Work with specialized outside counsel monitoring and providing legal advice for CBRE DSF’s CMBS business, both as to agency and private securitizations.
• Work with the Company’s procurement and technology teams and draft, negotiate, and provide advice for vendor agreements for all segments of the CBRE DSF business.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations; monitor required licensing requirements and activity for all 50 states to the extent required for all subsidiaries.
• Assist in the drafting and implementation of policies for CBRE DSF; participate in internal audit committees for both commercial loan servicing and CBRE CAG lending business units; work with management to identify areas where additional policies may be required.
• Work with compliance specialists within the Company to establish, maintain and monitor compliance issues, with special attention to BSA, AML, KYC, and privacy issues.
• Assist in audits performed by independent auditors, government agencies, licensing authorities in various states, and commercial lenders.
• Work directly with the Company’s corporate legal department to maintain proper legal existence for all CBRE DSF subsidiaries.
• Work directly with the senior management and leaders of the CBRE DSF team to provide advice on the…