Commodity Finance Lawyer, Vice President
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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.MUFG is seeking a seasoned transactional attorney with a minimum of 5 years’ experience to support the legal execution of structured trade and commodity finance transactions. The successful candidate will lead legal support across the full transaction lifecycle—from structuring and term sheet input to documentation, negotiation, and post-close matters—while advising on complex instruments such as borrowing-base and prepayment facilities, receivables purchase agreements, letters of credit, and participation structures.
Corporate Title: Vice President
Key responsibilities
Legal support for transactions end-to-end: structure, term-sheet input, drafting, negotiation, closing, and post-close support for bilateral and syndicated facilities.
Draft/negotiate/review core documentation: borrowing-base and prepayment facilities, receivables purchase agreements, letters of credit (standby/commercial) and reimbursement agreements, master participation agreements and participation certificates/funding requests, LC discounting, drafts/bills of exchange, guarantees, collateral/security agreements, account control/lockbox, intercreditor, consents & releases, assignments, and notices.
Letters of Credit advisory: issuance/confirmation/assignment mechanics; reimbursement, discrepancies and fraud issues; standby vs commercial LC nuances; align documentation and operational controls with UCP 600, ISP98, URDG 758 and UCC Article 5.
Apply structured-lending and receivables financing fundamentals: true sale, security interests, secured loans; expertise with UCC Article 9 perfection/priority rules, set-off/dilution and anti-assignment; purchase eligibility/concentration limits; collections/servicing and step-in rights.
Integrate credit insurance/ECA support where applicable (loss-payee/assignment, exclusions, claims process, aggregation/tenor limits).
Manage cross-border matters (governing law, licensing, data privacy, recognition, local enforcement rights/perfection); coordinate with local counsel.
Partner closely with Credit, Risk, Ops/Trade Finance Operations, and Compliance/Sanctions; ensure consistency across term sheets, approvals, and final docs.
Maintain playbooks, clause libraries, and fallbacks; contribute training and horizon-scanning on market/documentation trends.
Instruct and manage outside counsel to scope, budget, and timetable.
Skills and experience
New York Bar required.
5–8 years post-qualification at a top law firm and/or in-house at a top investment bank.
Strong lending-side experience in trade/commodity finance and receivables finance.
Hands-on drafting/negotiation across: borrowing-base and prepayment facilities, LCs and reimbursement agreements, receivables purchase agreements, drafts/bills of exchange, master participation agreements, import/pre-export financing, LC discounting, guarantees/security, intercreditors, deposit account control agreements, and consents & releases.
Strong working knowledge of UCC Articles 9, 5, and 3 and LC rules (UCP 600, ISP98, URDG 758).
Familiarity with LMA/LSTA conventions for syndicated touchpoints; BAFT receivables and drafts cross-border practices and agreements.
Experience integrating credit insurance/ECA into lending/RPA structures.
Proven ability to run multiple complex bilateral deals independently, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders under tight timelines.
The typical base pay range for this role is between $200K - $225K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.