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Position Overview:

The incumbent will be responsible for counseling the company on legal risk and representing its interests in all types of litigation, administrative actions, investigations and loan workouts, as well as responding to subpoenas and government requests for information. This position will provide an outstanding opportunity to work in a vibrant and diverse corporate legal office dedicated to supporting Freddie Mac’s core mission of helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. To learn more about the role and our excellent benefits, please apply!

Our Impact:

The Litigation Department is committed to providing quality, proactive and timely advice and representation responsive to client needs on a variety of matters affecting Freddie Mac.

The incumbent will work closely with the Multifamily Real Estate Department, which supports Freddie Mac’s important mission through a broad range of legal work, including loan production and underwriting, structured transactions, loan securitization, and asset management, operations and resolution matters.

Your Impact:

In your role as an attorney in the Litigation Department, you will:

• Represent Freddie Mac in federal and state courts, administrative actions, and similar proceedings

• Actively manage outside counsel and drive case strategy

• Provide sophisticated advice to internal clients regarding legal and litigation risks arising from the company’s business

• Conduct legal research as needed

• Negotiate asset resolution arrangements (workouts) and prepare associated documentation

• Work jointly with the Litigation and Multifamily Real Estate teams on distressed asset and suspicious activity matters

• Coordinate with regulatory and government affairs team to respond to regulatory and congressional inquiries

• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of legal advice and negotiating positions

• Create and maintain effective relationships with business clients, with lenders who service those mortgages, and with lawyers for those lenders

• Draft well-structured, complete and concise correspondence, legal analyses and documents for internal and external purposes

• Work with the Litigation Support Team on various eDiscovery, document preservation and production matters

• Respond to third-party subpoenas and government requests for information and documents

• Understand Freddie Mac’s business, particularly its Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide and the Multifamily Seller/Servicer Guide (including knowledge of the representations, warranties, covenants and legal remedies) and other contracts, as assigned

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree

• Membership in good standing in a state Bar

• 10+ years relevant litigation experience with a top tier law firm or in-house at a bank, financial or other institution with a sophisticated real estate and investment portfolio, including responsibility for negotiating and closing real estate servicing and/or workout transactions

• Significant experience with all aspects of litigation, including arguing motions, conducting depositions, large case discovery and document productions, brief writing, pre-trial activities, and trials

• Significant experience counseling senior management clients on a wide variety of litigation issues

• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills

• Basic familiarity with commercial bankruptcy concepts

• Excellent analytical, strategic, legal research, writing and advocacy skills

• Strong eDiscovery experience

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Outstanding oral and written communications and analytical skills

• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with clients and colleagues

• Ability to effectively manage numerous issues across multiple areas and set priorities independently

• Intellectual curiosity

• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple pending time-sensitive matters

• Ability to build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with colleagues, clients, and customers and effectively deliver legal advice to non-lawyers

• Curiosity about Freddie Mac’s mission

• A dedication to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $228,000 - $342,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.