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Associate General Counsel – Commercial Real Estate

The Huntington Legal Department is seeking an experienced attorney to support Huntington’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) team.  Huntington CRE provides comprehensive financing and banking solutions to commercial real estate owners, developers, operators, and investors across Huntington’s footprint and on a national basis. 

Job Description:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to CRE leadership, helping CRE implement its strategic initiatives.
• Support and advise CRE on structuring, documentation and servicing commercial real estate financing transactions, including construction loans, acquisition financing, bridge loans and term loans.
• Establish and maintain forms and procedures governing external counsel support of CRE and assist in development and management of Huntington’s program for management of external counsel relationships.
• Advise CRE specialty lending verticals, including Community Impact Capital (Affordable Housing) and Builder Finance, on applicable regulatory and documentation requirements.
• Advise Operations colleagues on issues arising in customer onboarding, document preparation, loan closing, and loan servicing for CRE customers.
• Partner with Risk, Credit, Operations, Technology and Compliance colleagues regarding operational and regulatory risk and control issues and the applicability of federal and state laws and regulations.
• Advise the business with respect to new products and services and related legal and regulatory matters.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholder groups; and
• Work in partnership with other members of the Commercial Legal Team to establish best practices across all Huntington Commercial Bank businesses.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and JD required.
• Licensed to practice law and in good standing in the state/jurisdiction in which the position is based or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules of that state/jurisdiction.
• A minimum of 10 years of law firm or in-house legal department experience advising financial institutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Substantial experience advising commercial real estate financing transactions and related legal issues.
• Proficient in handling a large number of issues and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand business needs and partner with key stakeholders to create solutions.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to interact effectively and professionally at all levels.

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Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)

Yes

Workplace Type:

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds:  in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Compensation Range:

$125,000-$255,000 annually

The compensation range represents the low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance.  Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan.  In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO). 

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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