Finance, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Counsel - Multiple Offices

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP seeks a highly motivated Counsel candidate to join its Finance, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group on the Financial Services Team. The position is available in multiple WBD offices with preference for WBD's North Carolina offices, Irvine, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Denver.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the coordination, preparation, review, and management of local counsel opinions.
• Analyze opinion requests, identify jurisdictionspecific issues, and ensure opinions conform to lender expectations and firm standards.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for referring counsel, including resolving inconsistencies and negotiating opinion language when necessary.
• Partner with deal teams to ensure opinions are accurate, complete, and delivered on tight timelines.
• Maintain and apply strong knowledge of opinion practice, customary assumptions, qualifications, and enforceability concepts.
• Contribute to internal knowledgesharing and best practices related to opinion processes.

Qualifications:

• 3-6 years of relevant experience in equipment finance, assetbased lending, or commercial finance.
• This role will primarily focus on commercial lending local counsel opinions; prior experience preparing real estate local counsel opinions is preferred, but not required.
• Excellent judgment and a meticulous approach to legal analysis and written work.
• Ability to work independently, manage complex opinion workflows, and support multiple transactions concurrently.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working across offices and jurisdictions.
• Admitted to practice, or eligible for admission, in the jurisdiction corresponding to the office location.

Compensation/Other:

• $150,000 - $320,000 annually is the estimated salary range for this role. Starting salary will be determined based on location, qualifications, and experience.
• Womble Bond Dickinson offers competitive compensation, and, in addition, we offer a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), and Paid Time Off "PTO"/Vacation. A discretionary bonus may be available based on performance.
• Candidates are not required to submit age-related information and may redact any personally identifiable information on their application materials including but are not limited to age, date of birth, and dates of attendance and date of graduation for educational institutions. This position does not have a fixed deadline. The posting will remain open until the position is filled and all necessary due diligence has been completed for the selected candidate.

Please note that Womble Bond Dickinson's counsel track opportunities are off-track/not partner track and therefore have a reduced billable hour requirement. This position has a reduced hourly requirement and is a non-partner track position without the requirement of business development or firm management.

Womble Bond Dickinson is committed to leadership in attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce of highly talented professionals. Please apply through our online portal. We will review applications on a rolling basis and will contact you if there is interest in moving forward with your candidacy. Please direct any inquiries regarding this opportunity to Maggie Brewer, Director of Recruiting (Maggie.Brewer@wbd-us.com).

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