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Assistant General Counsel, Commercial Lending

4224 Ridge Lea Road, Amherst, NY💼 Full-time💰 $128,000–$128,000🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead legal counsel for KeyBank's Commercial Lending team, providing risk management, documentation, regulatory interpretation, and strategic advice across the full lending lifecycle.

Role type

Senior in-house general counsel (commercial lending)

Builds

Commercial lending products and operations for Small Business, Business Banking, Middle Market, and SBA segments

Domain

Banking / Commercial Lending

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Commercial lending lifecycle expertise, banking regulatory knowledge, legal risk management, outside counsel management, team leadership, complex legal consultation, policy development

Preferred skills

Management experience supervising attorneys, deep understanding of law firm billing practices

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level consultation on complex legal matters influencing business outcomes; design legal solutions to drive bottom-line impact; make recommendations to senior management on regulatory changes; coach and develop consultation skills in other attorneys; lead employee engagement actions; partner with outside counsel when needed

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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