Senior Counsel, Commercial Banking

About the role

Join a Challenger At EQB, we're remaking banking so every Canadian gets ahead, every day. Serving nearly 4 million Canadians from coast to coast, we offer a wide variety of financial services from banking and lending, to trust and credit union solutions. We've been at this since 1970, challenging the conventions of traditional banking with smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences. What's kept us moving? The people behind it all: challengers who ask better questions, push back on old assumptions, and look for a better way forward. If you're driven to help reshape how banking works for Canadians and the businesses that power our economy, this could be your next big opportunity. We can’t wait to get to know you! The Work Reporting to the Senior Director, Legal – Commercial Banking, the successful candidate will provide strategic legal support primarily to the Commercial Banking division, advising on a broad range of legal matters including commercial lending transactions, regulatory compliance and risk management, new product development and corporate initiatives, and assisting with customer issues. The successful candidate will be a proactive legal advisor with expertise in commercial banking and real estate lending, capable of identifying and managing complex legal issues, and partnering with cross-functional teams and business units. As Senior Counsel, you will help preserve the Bank’s reputation for integrity and work with the Bank’s stakeholders to support policies and procedures that meet regulatory requirements, and maintain cooperative relationships with governmental policymakers, and regulatory and self-regulatory agencies that govern the Bank’s businesses.