Legal Specialist - Complex Business Structures

Texas Capital Bancshares
Dallas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Common sense","Practical problem-solving","Resourcefulness","Communication","Dependability","Teamwork","Written communication","Attention to detail","Organizational skills","Ownership","Listening skills"]

Own the end-to-end onboarding and ongoing authority management for complex client business structures. Review governing documents to confirm delegated legal authority, build and maintain structure charts and authority matrices, and prepare standardized entity documentation packages for account opening and lending. Coordinate across legal, compliance, treasury, operations, and credit to track refresh triggers, route exceptions, and maintain accurate systems of record in a fast-paced environment.

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Texas Capital Bancshares
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Legal Specialist - Complex Business Structures

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end onboarding and ongoing authority management for complex client business structures. Review governing documents to confirm delegated legal authority, build and maintain structure charts and authority matrices, and prepare standardized entity documentation packages for account opening and lending. Coordinate across legal, compliance, treasury, operations, and credit to track refresh triggers, route exceptions, and maintain accurate systems of record in a fast-paced environment.
Location: Dallas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Read, analyze, and confirm legal authority delegated under constituent documents (operating agreements, limited partnership agreements, bylaws, articles of incorporation, trust agreements, resolutions, secretary/incumbency certificates).
  • •Construct and maintain legal structure charts for nested entities, sponsor families, commercial real estate and private fund structures, and multi-SPV clients.
  • •Build and maintain authority matrices distinguishing entity-level representatives, bank-authorized signers, treasury approvers, and digital preparers with evidence and effective dates.
  • •Prepare standardized entity documentation packages for account opening, lending clients, and delegated authority/entitlements.
  • •Flag and route refresh triggers, track open items, coordinate document corrections, and maintain systems of record while collaborating with legal, compliance, treasury, operations, and credit teams.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceWellness StipendFertility AidsLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceRetirement Savings401k MatchPaid LeavePaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •Paralegal, JD, or equivalent experience, with experience in financial services, entity formation, and delegations of authority (strongly considered).
  • •3+ years of experience with entity formation and working with constituent documents, fund structures, bank operations, or complex commercial KYC/onboarding.
  • •Legal document analysis experience, including working with business organization governing documents, workflow coordination, and exception handling.
  • •Ability to trace ownership and control structures across multiple layers (funds, general partners, management companies, special purpose entities).
  • •Familiarity with corporate/business authority, beneficial ownership concepts, and KYC/KYB/AML, with strong written communication and attention to detail.
Experience:3+ yearsFinancial servicesReal estate financeFund formationCommercial bankingKYCAML
Skills:Common sensePractical problem-solvingResourcefulnessCommunicationDependabilityTeamworkWritten communicationAttention to detailOrganizational skillsOwnershipListening skills

Company Brief

Texas Capital Bancshares
Texas Capital Bancshares is the publicly traded parent company of Texas Capital Bank, a full-service financial institution offering commercial banking, treasury management, wealth management, and capital markets services to businesses and individuals in Texas and beyond.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Dallas, United States
Founded: 1998
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