Corporate Counsel

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Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles with one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Banc of California (the “Bank”). Banc of California is one of the nation’s premier relationship-based business banks focused on providing banking and treasury management services to small, middle‑market, and venture-backed businesses. Banc of California offers a broad range of loan and deposit products and services, with full-service branches throughout California and Denver, Colorado, as well as full‑stack payment processing solutions through Banc Edge.

The bank is committed to its local communities by supporting organizations that provide financial literacy and job training, small business support, affordable housing, and more.

The Corporate Counsel will provide legal representation and support for a wide variety of legal and banking related topics under the direction of the SVP, Associate General Counsel of Banc of California. The position will largely support the Lending departments and other transactions of the Bank and is expected to be a strategic business partner in determining a proactive response to the business units.

As part of a smaller Legal department in a rapidly growing bank, the attorney will be expected to provide quick, concise and focused legal advice in a number of areas, and should demonstrate a willingness to face new legal issues outside of his or her core competence. Performs all duties in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the Company operates.

• Provide day-to-day legal advice to management and business units, including all community and specialty lending, loan operations, loan servicing, portfolio management, and credit
• Review, draft and negotiate loan documents, including loan and security agreements, promissory notes, deeds of trust, subordination agreements and guarantees.
• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of vendor contracts and non-disclosure agreements, and create/maintain standardized forms.
• Review and analyze entity formation and other organizational documents, such as operating agreements, bylaws, partnership agreements, resolutions, and court-issues documents. Advising internal clients on organizational and officer authority-related issues, as well as signing authority.
• Oversee and manage outside counsel.
• Work across business units and with all levels of management with support partners and business partners to identify and mitigate risk.
• Develop and implement training for the business units to educate and create broader awareness and contextual perspective.
• Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others; work ethically and with integrity; uphold organizational values; accept responsibility for own actions.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; promotes working environment free of harassment of any type.
• Follows policies and procedures; completes tasks correctly and on time; supports the company’s goals and values.
• Performs the position safely, without endangering the health or safety to themselves or others and will be expected to report potentially unsafe conditions. The employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to the OSHA Act of 1970, which are applicable to one’s own actions and conduct.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned

• Knowledge of lending and commercial contracts preferred.
• Understand the impact of various changes in contractual language.
• Excellent issue spotting, risk assessment and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Proven analytical abilities and strong attention to detail.
• Exemplary motivation, enthusiasm, professionalism, and team skills.
• Intermediate skills in computer terminal and personal computer operation; mainframe computer system; word processing, spreadsheet, and…