In-House Counsel- Litigation & Servicing
Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over one million customers to $6.5 billion in loans and to 200,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.
Avant is looking for an attorney to join our growing legal team. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated attorney to gain valuable experience as a member of an in-house legal team managing defense of consumer disputes. You will also collaborate closely with the Partnership Servicing Team and cross-departmental leadership as an adviser to Avant’s business line providing loan servicing to its strategic partners.
What You’ll Do at Avant:
- Oversee and support all aspects of Avant’s consumer litigation matters, subpoenas, and other disputes, including pre-litigation counseling, fact investigation, discovery, motions practice, and dispute resolution in numerous jurisdictions
- Provide practical and strategic advice and counseling to internal clients to help resolve disputes while balancing risk and business objectives
- Work cross-departmentally with stakeholders in Compliance, Marketing, Finance, Security, Internal Audit, Data, Analytics, and members of Avant’s leadership team to support Avant’s loan servicing initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal team members and outside counsel to efficiently manage consumer disputes and all aspects of outside counsel relationships.
- Develop and implement initiatives for reducing outside counsel spend.
- Integrate into the day-to-day operations of the Partnership Servicing Team, assisting with the provision of legal, business, and strategic advice.
Required Skills:
- Effective at working with others in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to multi-task and manage a large volume of concurrent projects
- Extremely well organized and detail-oriented
- Positive, personable, strong interpersonal skills, and a “can-do” attitude
- Ability to interface effectively within all levels of the organization and to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues, business leaders, and executives
- Ability to respond promptly to a wide range of complex legal requests and coordinate closely with legal department colleagues to ensure the swift delivery of smart, practical advice.
What Are We Looking For:
- J. D. degree with 1-5 years of legal experience, litigation experience required
- Familiarity with laws and agencies applicable to consumer finance, including Dodd Frank, UDAAP, TCPA, FCRA, and FDCPA.
- Excellent judgement, analytic rigor, clear communication, and business pragmatism.
- Intellectual curiosity and flexibility.
- Team-oriented and collaborative.
- Superior organizational and project management skills.
- Active and in good standing in one State Bar in the United States.
Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.