Legal, PWM Lending Attorney, Vice President, New York/Dallas

New York, NY, United States and 1 more

Job Description

LEGAL

We work at the intersection of finance and law, providing counsel and advice that support activities across the firm. We handle litigation and arbitration, perform research and due diligence, aid in financing and legal filings, deal with contracts and intellectual property rights that show our commitment to clients, shareholders, and regulators. Whether you’re an experienced attorney or a quick learner with a strong interest in financial law coupled with critical thinking skills, our dynamic group might be right for you.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Providing support to the private lending business in the private bank and to the business making loans to clients of the private wealth management business, including unsecured, securities based, commercial real estate loans, art loans and loans against other unique assets. The ideal candidate will have experience, preferably in a bank, providing advice, drafting documentation and working with outside counsel on loans for private wealth clients. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for regulatory developments with respect to loans related to private banking and working with the business and compliance management to ensure proper policies and procedures are adopted in connection with regulatory developments.

The candidate will also assist compliance with regulatory reviews of the private banking business.

Qualifications

• Ideally a minimum of 10 years of experience advising lenders and/or borrowers.
• Proven expertise in a range of loan products, such as unsecured loans, securities-based lending, commercial real estate financing, and asset-based lending (art financing and other unique assets).
• Strong understanding of relevant banking regulations.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• JD or equivalent.

Benefits

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.