Corporate Counsel JD

Responsibilities

Insight Investments, LLC is an independent equipment leasing and finance company, providing flexible financing solutions and servicing a clientele comprised of large corporate entities, healthcare organizations and educational institutions. Insight specializes in leasing and financing all types of equipment including IT, material handling, modular buildings fitness equipment. For over 38 years, Insight is proud to have assisted the growth of a wide array of businesses and originates approximately $500,000,000 in new leases annually.  Insight is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

Insight is currently seeking a Corporate Counsel to join its legal team to provide support for a wide variety of financial and commercial matters relevant to Insight’s business. The Corporate Counsel will be primarily responsible for handling a wide array of financial transactions and working closely with Insight’s sales, credit, executive and contracts teams.  This position will report directly to the General Counsel.

The ideal candidate will have a desire and willingness to learn to thrive in a fast-paced, sales-oriented and team-driven working environment.  This candidate must possess the relevant experience with financial transactions. 

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of equipment financing and secured financial transactions, including collateralized asset-based lending secured by equipment, titled vehicles and other assets.
• Managing all aspects of financing transactions and “driving” deals to close in a faced-paced deadline driven environment.
• Handling all aspects of legal due diligence, advising on deal structure and determining and counseling Insight’s credit and executive teams on risk.
• Engaging and managing outside counsel in connection with any company litigation.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating other commercial contracts including NDA’s, vendor agreements and any other agreements relating to Insight’s business.
• Developing and maintaining expert knowledge on recent developments and legal issues relevant to Insight.
• Developing, improving and maintaining Insight’s forms and templates.
• Counseling and educating executives, sales and operations teams in connection with contract terms, commercial implications and legal risks.

Qualifications / Education

• JD from a nationally recognized law school.
• Licensed attorney in the State of California or another jurisdiction.
• 1-2 years of relevant experience.
• Expert knowledge of Article 9.
• Any knowledge of Article 2A and equipment leasing/financing a plus.

Skills

• Practical and business-minded.
• Detail oriented and accurate.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage simultaneous projects under deadline pressure in a dynamic and fluid environment.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting.
• Any bankruptcy knowledge a plus.
• Insight’s clients and vendor partners are typically larger organizations and the individual filling this role will need to be comfortable with and capable of effectively working with such counterparties.

Insight Investments, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status as a Veteran or other protected classification.

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