Internal Application: Senior Legal Counsel, Trade Finance

About Taulia:

Taulia is a fintech provider of working capital management solutions headquartered in San Francisco, California. Taulia helps companies access value tied up in their payables, receivables and inventory. A network of more than 2 million businesses use Taulia’s platform to determine when they want to pay and be paid. Taulia processes more than $500 billion each year and is trusted by the world’s largest companies including Airbus, AstraZeneca, Nissan and Vodafone. For more information, please visit www.taulia.com.

About the Job: 

Taulia is seeking a trade finance attorney with experience in the syndication, distribution and securitization of trade finance assets across a number of geographies, and the development of new trade finance structures and products. You will support the Distribution and Products teams, own diverse and complex legal issues that require excellent business judgment, and work with outside counsel to achieve the business goals with creativity, flexibility, and a practical approach. This is an opportunity to join the company during a rapid growth phase and contribute to its success. Experience with technology platforms is a plus.

You will report to, and work closely with, the Assistant General Counsel, located in the UK, and will have direct responsibility for supporting the business owners. Taulia is remote-friendly, but the preferred working location is either from the Eastern US time zone, the United Kingdom or Western Europe (CET), for a lawyer qualified to practice in New York or in England.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support for the execution of trade finance transactions.
• Support Taulia’s global Distribution team to develop new funding structures for existing products and for new geographies.
• Work with Product to develop new product and service offerings.
• Establish and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams, including Product, Distribution, Operations, Technology and Finance.
• Manage legal aspects of key strategic initiatives, including due diligence in new markets.
• Understand and stay up to date on laws and regulations related to Taulia’s growing product offerings in various jurisdictions.  
• Partner with other team members on development and updates of templates, processes, and playbooks as business models evolve.
• Help in designing, building, and improving legal department processes to keep up with hyper growth and scaling.
• Manage outside counsel.

Requirements:

• 7+ years’ experience in trade finance and/or securitization, syndication and distribution of AR and SCF assets; fintech experience is a plus.
• Experience navigating and negotiating complex legal documentation with customers and funding parties.
• Experience of developing funding structures, including for new products and geographies.
• Experience entering new markets and geographies. 
• Familiarity with different funding structures, including LMA, BAFT participations, SPV structures and notes programmes.
• Licensed to practice in New York or England and Wales. 

Nice to Have:

• A motivated self-starter with flexibility and ability to provide high-quality work on a wide range of complex matters, often in a time-sensitive and extremely fast-paced environment.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently project manage.
• Open-minded and with a willingness to operate outside of their comfort zone.
• Is ethical and has strong business acumen and savvy, good common sense and sound and pragmatic judgment, particularly in time sensitive, critical situations.
• Is self-confident and can instil confidence in, and effectively communicate and deal with, business and legal counterparts inside and outside the company and with senior executives.
• Proven high-performing legal experience in an in-house environment.
• Strong analytical, strategic and interpersonal skills.
• Sense of humor and superior work ethic.

Taulia is an Equal Opportunity Employer --Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age. 

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria above but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.