Associate General Counsel - Impact Finance

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Successful candidates for positions in the U.S. Bank Law Division consistently provide excellent advice and guidance to clients and colleagues on a variety of legal matters. They build trusting relationships that allow the business to make well-informed decisions. Successful candidates for positions in the Law Division also work to attract, retain, and develop great people in an inclusive environment where each person is valued for the distinct skills and attributes they bring to the group.

They contribute to the excellence of the Law Division through meaningful collaboration, participation in the community, and investment in the development of the department.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior attorney to lead legal support for U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance (IF), aligning resources and competencies to optimize efficiency and support business growth. This role will combine deep legal expertise with strategic leadership to enhance how we deliver legal services across IF’s key product areas:
Affordable Housing, Community Finance Solutions, Environmental Finance, and Tax Credit Syndications.

The successful candidate will have significant subject matter expertise in community development and tax credit investments and syndications, such as affordable housing, new markets, or clean energy, and will serve as a trusted advisor to IF leadership, manage outside counsel engagement on transactions and litigation, negotiate and oversee complex transactions, advise on workout and foreclosure issues as necessary, and collaborate to deliver compliant, pragmatic, and business-ready guidance.

Basic Qualifications

• Licensed by and in good standing with the appropriate state bar association or other appropriate state attorney licensing authority

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 12+ years of in-house, financial services institution, government or law firm experience in structuring tax credit investments and/or experience as project finance or structured finance attorney
• Experience documenting and negotiating tax credit investments, structured finance, or other commercial transactions, including commercial loan and tax credit documentation
• Demonstrated experience with state and federal tax credit laws and regulations and commercial lending laws
• Knowledge of regulatory environment applicable to community development or sustainable finance activities of financial institutions
• Advise on legal and regulatory issues impacting affordable housing, community finance, environmental finance, and tax credit syndications
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel and legal budgets effectively
• Well-developed leadership abilities and management experience
• Strategic thinker with experience in process improvement and excellent communication skills
• Ability to translate complex legal concepts into actionable business guidance across a diverse portfolio of investments and loans
• Ability to influence and build relationships across business and legal teams as well as external industry groups
• Diligent, detail-oriented, proactive and team-oriented with the desire to work on a broad variety of subject matters
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment and discretion
• Interest and curiosity with respect to the Bank’s business and operations
• Experience developing new products and services in a highly-regulated environment

Location Expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Successful candidates for a position in the U.S. Bank Law Division support U.S. Bank’s core values, which guide what we do every day:

- We do the right…