Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, Commercial & Structured Finance
Forward Financing is a financial technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts with team members throughout the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The company is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.
Forward Financing is a financial technology company headquartered in Boston, MA with an operational hub in the Dominican Republic, a satellite office in Salt Lake City, Utah and a growing team in Canada. Forward is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.
As Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, Commercial & Structured Finance, you will serve as a senior strategic leader and primary legal architect behind our capital markets and financing engine. Forward Financing provides fast, flexible working capital to small businesses nationwide through revenue-based financing (RBF) and commercial lending products.
This role requires a deep, hands-on background in structured finance, debt capital markets, and complex commercial transactions. You will lead the legal execution of our borrowing facilities, forward flow agreements, securitizations, and secondary market transactions while overseeing core corporate legal operations and managing a growing team of commercial attorneys.
In this role you will:
- Structured Finance & Capital Markets (Primary Focus)
- Facility Negotiation & Execution: Structure, draft, negotiate, and execute complex debt facilities, warehouse lines of credit, forward flow arrangements, and asset-backe...