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Senior Counsel, Senior Manager - Capital Markets Legal (Corporate)

Capital One McLean, VA senior full-time

Salary

$200,700 - $229,100 per year

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Description

Capital One's Legal Team is seeking an experienced Capital Markets attorney to support its capital markets activities. This is a great opportunity to join an outstanding team at a Fortune 100 Company that is consistently voted one of the best places to work in the U.S.

As a member of Capital One's Capital Markets Legal Team you will deliver critical business, transactional and regulatory counsel support across Capital One's various capital markets funding activities, including credit card and auto securitizations. You will work closely with the Corporate Treasury team while managing legal risk and navigating complex securities and financial regulations.

Responsibilities include:

  • Supporting the execution of capital markets transactions, including credit card and auto securitizations, for Capital One as issuer
  • Counseling and advising Corporate Treasury on the impact of changes in securities laws and regulations
  • Interpreting and providing guidance on existing agreements and obligations
  • Providing strategic legal advice on complex and novel issues
  • Collaborating with business partners to maintain securitization funding platforms, including supporting compliance with SEC reporting obligations
  • Implementing and monitoring repeatable, controlled processes for capital markets transactions, including with respect to due diligence
  • Supervising process-oriented work of other legal professionals
  • Managing and coordinating outside counsel support and review

Basic Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
  • Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
  • At least 3 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel with a focus on capital markets

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of experience in securities law
  • In-depth knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to asset-backed securities, including Regulation AB

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are $200,700 - $229,100.

This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Skills

Required

  • securities law
  • capital markets
  • regulatory counsel

Nice to have

  • Regulation AB
  • asset-backed securities
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