JOB DUTIES: Provide legal advice and guidance to management. Function as legal expert in one or more defined subject matter areas and/or specific business lines. Participate in major legal actions and advise TD regarding best practices to minimize legal and litigation risk. Prepare resolutions, contracts, memoranda to management, and litigation documents. Analyze and provide legal advice for complex legal issues, and provide pragmatic legal opinions with reasons and rationale. Resolve situations where conflicts arise between the needs and desires of specific business units and the interest of the company. Provide legal advice in ambiguous situations to protect TD from potential risks. Assist in developing and managing departmental budget for both internal and external legal expenditures. Lead and guide inhouse legal staff and supervise external counsel.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Position requires a Juris Doctor (JD) degree, or foreign equivalent, and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered, as Associate Attorney, Partner, or related position as a practicing lawyer. Full term of experience must include each of the following: Developing and implementing strategies to minimize legal and litigation risk; Utilizing legal database and software systems including LexisNexus and Thomson Reuters Westlaw to analyze the probable outcomes of cases; Advising clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations; Advising clients on regulatory impacts; Preparing, drafting, and reviewing legal documents; Searching for and examining public and other legal records to write opinions or establishing ownership; Providing difficult, complex legal advice credibly and convincingly to clients and/or management; and, Managing multiple deadlines and priorities. Experience must include at least two (2) years in: Providing legal advice in the areas of commercial lending and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations; Interpreting laws, rulings and regulations within the commercial lending and AML sector; and, One or more of the following areas: Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulatory, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and fair lending, small business, Small Business Administration (SBA), affiliate transactions, and/or consumer regulatory.
Must be licensed to practice law and in good standing in Michigan
Remote work permitted within commuting distance.
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS: Email resume to [email protected]. Ref: TD-MK
