Position Overview

At PNC, our people are the greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all our employees feel respected, valued, and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Senior Counsel, Corporate and Commercial Banking with PNC’s Business & Finance Legal Group (B&F), you will be based in Birmingham, AL.

PNC’s B&F Legal is a team of approximately 65 attorneys and paralegals within PNC’s legal department with lawyers in several locations, including many located in Pittsburgh, PA, Philadelphia, PA, and Birmingham, AL. The Corporate and Commercial Banking Group, a unit within B&F Legal, is seeking a senior-level corporate/commercial/small business lending attorney to support PNC’s Corporate and Institutional Banking, Business Banking and Real Estate Banking lines of business.

In this role, the Senior Counsel will provide broad and varied legal guidance and support, such as: providing legal advice and support to relationship managers, underwriters, credit officers, documentation specialists, and operations support areas on lending matters of varying complexity, collaborating with clients and colleagues to improve internal processes and enhance efficiency consistent with PNC’s risk framework while also delivering a positive customer experience; advising internal loan administrators and operations support areas regarding ongoing administration of loans, including collateral, booking and other servicing issues; training internal clients and partners, selecting and overseeing services of approved outside counsel; drafting, reviewing and/or negotiating loan documents or loan-related documents relating to all types of corporate and commercial loan transactions; maintaining standard loan forms; collaborating with other internal legal personal; and collaborating with the lines of business to spot and resolve issues associated with the development of new initiatives, products and services.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and credentials:
•J.D. degree from an accredited law school
•Current license to practice in the courts of one or more states
•A minimum of eight years of experience with secured lending transactions (including real estate secured transactions) and related commercial lending laws
•Meaningful experience representing financial services companies in large corporate, middle market, commercial and small business lending transactions
•Excellent business judgement, sound decision-making and problem-solving and legal analytical skills
•Ability to think strategically to identify trends and risks, and ability to facilitate and implement solutions
•Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, both orally and in writing
•Self-starter with ability to work both independently and collaboratively, as appropriate
•Strong time-management and organizational skills
•Familiarity with syndicated lending transactions a plus
•Familiarity with cross-border, letter of credit or securitization transactions a plus
•Familiarity with Treasury Management a plus
•Familiarity with SBA transactions a plus
Responsibilities:
•Identifies and manages legal risk for the organization.
•Performs significant and complex legal work and regularly interacts with management. Oversees legal research, analysis, consultation and documentation within a framework of legal compliance and risk management.
•Leads outside counsel relationships and manages expenses.
•Networks with outside organizations to advance legal interests and legal health of the corporation and its industry.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Performs significant and complex legal work while regularly interacting with management. Oversees legal research, analysis, consultation, and documentation within a framework of legal compliance and risk management.
• Responsible for managing the expense for outside counsel relationships, provides strategic direction on when to leverage outside counsel.
• Works with outside counsel combining their advice with analysis and feedback from internal stakeholders to provide practical guidance.
• Networks with outside organizations to advance legal interests and legal health of the corporation and its industry.

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