Legal Counsel (Chinese​/English Bilingual

Legal Counsel Bilingual Mandarin

Prepare and/or review credit documentation, liaise with counsel regarding document preparation to ensure the quality of the documents is satisfactory, and assist in execution and/or implementation of same.

Provide assistance to the Relationship Managers in negotiations with credit customers in connection with credit documentation;

Prepare/review internal standard form documentation and manage the use of the standard form documentation;

Manage and coordinate with external counsel when necessary;

Assist with litigation and disputes, particularly on non-performing credit asset workouts;

Assist with development and update of Risk Management's policies and procedures;

Coach and mentor junior members of Risk Management Department when necessary;

Manage legal cases on behalf of branch

Update legal log, responses to opposing counsel inquiries;

Work with compliance team to conduct searches and draft responses to opposing counsel inquiries;

Liaison with Home office and provide legal case updates to legal department at Head office; draft Memos to Head office regarding on-going cases;
Draft memos to Home office upon request;

Liaison with external counsel when necessary regarding litigation;

Other matters as assigned by the SVP, Head of Risk Management and senior management of the Branch;

Identify legal and regulatory risks/issues in transactions and advise on solutions to mitigate such risks/issues;

Provide legal advice and assistance across a range of products and teams;

Ideal candidate should have:

At least a Bachelor Degree in Law

Ideal candidate should have 5+yrs of experience in legal work.

Active NY State Bar license

Other skills:

Chinese language proficiency skills will be a plus;

Salary:
Depending on experience & skill ($130,000 – $160,000)

This role requires unrestricted U.S. work authorization. Employer sponsorship is not available.

ACG Resources and our client partners are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.