About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly experienced and commercially minded attorney to join our Legal Department as Assistant General Counsel supporting the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) business. This role will provide strategic legal advice and transactional support across a broad range of capital markets transactions, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, private placements, convertible debt offerings, corporate share repurchases and liability management transactions.

For additional information on this line of business, refer to the external Careers Site at Wellsfargo.com/career.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning.
• Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Company's operations, strategies, or profitability.
• Review and analyze complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, and lead work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.
• Provide legal advice and support to the ECM team on a wide range of capital markets transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate underwriting agreements, engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, and other transaction-related documentation.
• Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments affecting capital markets and advise business partners accordingly.
• Provide substantive legal advice on regulatory and compliance matters, including SEC, FINRA, NYSE/Nasdaq, and global securities laws and regulations.
• Participate in industry efforts addressing emerging issues.
• Participate in internal training and policy development initiatives related to capital markets legal issues.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Compliance, Risk, Investment Banking, and Syndicate to ensure legal and reputational risks are appropriately managed.
• Develop relationships with and provide guidance to more experienced leadership, including executive officers, on issues that may present legal, regulatory, compliance, or reputational risk to the Company.
• Partner with business leaders and management of other corporate departments to develop and implement risk management programs.
• Lead projects, teams or serve as a peer mentor.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Law experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Active State Bar membership or the equivalent in a country outside the United States

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm and/or in-house at a major financial institution
• Experience as a practicing attorney working with or advising ECM desks at a global investment bank
• Deep knowledge of U.S. securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Familiarity with FINRA rules and broker-dealer compliance
• Experience advising on IPOs, follow-ons, debt offerings, and private placements
• Familiarity with cross-border capital markets transactions and jurisdiction-specific requirements and securities regulations is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to focus on both detail and big-picture issues
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work at the job posting location
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, in office at least 3 days a week

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$191,000.00 - $305,000.00

Posting End Date:

9 Jan 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.