Associate General Counsel - Corporate & Securities; Hybrid-- VA or MD

Overview

Position Description The Associate General Counsel – Corporate and Securities is a senior leader who advises Atlantic Union Bank shares (together with subsidiaries and affiliates, including Atlantic Union Bank, the “Company”) on compliance with securities laws and other laws and regulations related to the Company’s status as a public company. The Associate General Counsel – Corporate and Securities also provides legal advice on strategic and non-strategic corporate transactions.

The Company is entrepreneurial, dynamic, and growth-oriented, and the Associate General Counsel – Corporate and Securities is a key leader in the Company, serving as a valued partner and advisor to the business as it executes its growth strategy. Members of the legal team work in a people-centered culture where their voice makes a difference. The role reports to the Company’s General Counsel.

• Advise the Company on a wide array of federal and state securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and NYSE rules. Assist in preparation of the Company’s periodic reports and disclosures under securities laws, including all 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, earnings releases, proxy statements, Section 16 filings, and NYSE filings.
• Monitor developments in federal and state corporate and securities laws and regulations. Develop and implement policies, processes, and strategies for compliance with such laws and regulations.
• Provide legal advice and support for strategic and non-strategic corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, cash management, liquidity and capital strategies (such as debt and equity issuances and stock repurchases), investments, joint ventures and partnership opportunities, asset sales and purchases, and intercompany transactions.
• Independently or in coordination with outside counsel, help ensure successful closings of strategic and non-strategic corporate transactions. Identify appropriate transaction structures, draft, review, and negotiate a wide array of transaction agreements, coordinate due diligence, and manage transactions to successful closings.
• Oversee the Company’s insider trading policy compliance program. Develop controls, policies, processes and standards for compliance. Manage approvals of insider stock purchases and sales. Ensure timely, compliant reporting of insider stock trades under Section 16.
• Oversee the Company’s corporate governance practices and support of the Board of Directors and its committees. Develop and implement policies and strategies for best practices in corporate governance and corporate secretary functions. Ensure best practices are followed in recordkeeping and maintenance of minutes of Board meetings and committee meetings. Draft board resolutions and other board materials as needed.
• Oversee maintenance of corporate entities and all subsidiary management, including formation and dissolution of corporate entities.
• Partner with internal stakeholders such as investor relations, accounting, financial, and marketing teams to address a wide array of legal and reputational risk issues. Provide sound legal advice to internal stakeholders to protect the Company’s business, commercial, and reputational interests.
• Engage and oversee the quality and cost effectiveness of work of outside counsel. Manage legal expenses to achieve budget targets.
• Develop sound legal assessments, interpretations, recommendations and opinions regarding the Company’s legal rights and obligations.
• Lead discussions on complex topics with a wide range of stakeholders, including executive management and the Board of Directors.
• Provide legal advice and support on a wide variety of other tasks as assigned to help protect the Company’s business, commercial, and reputational interests.

• Provide expert, practical legal advice on a wide array of federal, state, and local laws and regulations affecting the Company generally or assigned lines of business and/or functions.
• Develop recommendations to address complex legal problems and matters of significance to the Company.
• Understand the Company’s business…