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

Position Description

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 valued partner and advisor to the business as it executes its growth strategy. Members of the legal team work in an exciting, 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, without limitation, 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, without limitation, 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, without limitation, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, various cash management, liquidity and capital strategies, such as debt and equity issuances and stock repurchases, investments, joint venture and partnership opportunities, asset sales and purchases, and intercompany transactions.
• Independently or in close coordination with outside legal counsel, as applicable, help ensure successful closings of strategic and non-strategic corporate transactions. Identify appropriate transaction structures. Offer practical, business-oriented solutions to complex transactional problems. Draft, review, and negotiate a wide array of transaction agreements. Coordinate and conduct due diligence as needed. Manage transactions to successful closings.
• Oversee the Company's insider trading policy compliance program. Develop and implement 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 all support of the Board of Directors and its committees. Develop and implement policies, processes, and strategies for best practices in corporate governance and corporate secretary function. Ensure best practices are followed in recordkeeping and maintenance of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees. Draft board resolutions and other board materials as needed.
• Oversee maintenance of corporate entities and all subsidiary management, including without limitation formation and dissolution of corporate entities.
• Partner with internal stakeholders as needed, such as investor relations, accounting, financial, and marketing teams, to address a wide array of legal and reputational risk issues. Provide sound legal advice and counsel to internal stakeholders to help the Company protect its business, commercial, and reputational interests.
• Engage and oversee the quality and cost effectiveness of work of legal counsel hired to represent the Company. 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 members of executive management and the Company's Board of Directors.
• Provide legal advice and support, and perform a wide variety of other tasks, as assigned to help the Company protect its 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 strategies and use such understanding to inform legal advice.
• Lead discussions on complex legal topics with a wide variety of stakeholders, including members of the Company's Board of Directors and executive management team.
• Help formulate and implement the Legal Department's strategic goals and initiatives.
• Develop legal strategies for achieving business goals and resolving disputes.
• Retain and manage outside legal counsel in a manner that ensures the quality,…