General Counsel

About This Role

The General Counsel will serve as Equify Financial's lead legal advisor and a trusted business partner to the CEO and executive leadership team. This position is responsible for providing legal counsel across Equify's commercial finance platform, including secured lending, equipment finance, asset-based lending, workouts, restructurings, portfolio risk management, strategic transactions, and regulatory compliance. The role requires a practical, business-oriented attorney who can balance legal risk with commercial objectives and support growth while maintaining a strong control environment. The General Counsel will partner closely with leadership to structure transactions, manage legal risk, resolve complex issues, and provide clear, actionable guidance that enables informed business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Equify Financial's lead legal advisor and a trusted business partner to the CEO and executive leadership team
• Provide legal counsel across Equify's commercial finance platform, including secured lending, equipment finance, asset-based lending, workouts, restructurings, portfolio risk management, strategic transactions, and regulatory compliance
• Oversee legal matters across Equify and its affiliated businesses as needed
• Manage outside counsel relationships and legal expenditures
• Determine when specialized expertise is required and oversee legal matters involving employment law, tax, securities, insurance regulation, litigation specialties, SaaS transactions, and other technical areas
• Ensure specialized legal matters are handled efficiently while maintaining appropriate risk controls and cost discipline
• Provide legal guidance regarding secured lending, equipment finance, asset-based lending, private credit, and specialty finance transactions
• Draft, negotiate, and review credit agreements, loan documents, guarantees, security agreements, intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements, servicing agreements, warehouse facilities, and related commercial finance documentation
• Advise executive leadership and credit teams on legal risks associated with lending, collateral enforcement, portfolio management, and transaction structuring
• Support capital markets initiatives, securitizations, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and financing arrangements as needed
• Lead legal strategy relating to workouts, restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings, litigation management, collections, repossessions, and creditor remedies
• Assess and mitigate legal, regulatory, and operational risks across Equify's commercial finance platform
• Develop practical solutions that balance legal protection with business objectives
• Establish proactive frameworks to identify and mitigate risks before they impact portfolio performance or growth initiatives
• Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors