SVP Corporate Legal

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Lead
Operations
World Business Lenders

World Business Lenders

World Business Lenders provides short-term loans to small businesses, focusing on their ability to repay rather than the owner's credit score, thereby facilitating access to working capital for equipment purchases and expansion efforts.

Real Estate
251-1K
Founded 2011
$25M raised

Description

  • Oversee corporate legal operations, workflows, and governance to support department scale and business growth.
  • Manage legal billing, outside counsel spend, invoice review, budget tracking, and related reporting.
  • Build and maintain billing workflows, approval processes, and systems to optimize legal spend.
  • Support compliance across lending, servicing, and corporate operations, including monitoring federal and state regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain compliance policies, procedures, and training documentation.
  • Manage outside counsel, legal vendors, service providers, engagement letters, and performance standards.
  • Oversee entity management, corporate filings, board resolutions, governance documentation, and intellectual property matters.
  • Coordinate litigation tracking, settlements, enforcement actions, and dispute management workflows.
  • Partner with Asset Management, Finance, Operations, ARCs, and General Counsel on legal matters and non-performing asset resolution.
  • Build legal department policies, procedures, quality assurance processes, and continuous improvement frameworks.

Requirements

  • JD from an accredited law school.
  • Active bar membership in good standing preferred.
  • 8–15+ years of legal experience, with significant emphasis on legal operations, corporate legal management, or in-house counsel roles.
  • Demonstrated experience building systems, processes, and governance structures within a legal department.
  • Background in compliance, commercial litigation, vendor management, and corporate law.
  • Experience in private lending, financial services, fintech, or alternative finance strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to manage outside counsel and control legal spend.
  • Strong project management skills with big-picture operational thinking and attention to detail.
  • Experience supporting senior leadership in an operational, deputy, chief of staff, or business management capacity.
  • U.S.-based with strong working knowledge of U.S. federal and state legal and regulatory frameworks.
  • Stable, reliable internet connection and a professional remote working setup.
  • Experience in financial services, commercial lending, banking, specialty finance, mortgage lending, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary of approximately $150,000.
  • Eligibility for incentive compensation, including equity and deferred cash bonus, based on level and company policy.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
  • Remote role with occasional travel.

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