At Wells Fargo, we help successful individuals, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial goals while creating extraordinary career opportunities for our employees.
Within Wealth & Investment Management (WIM), our Banking, Lending & Trust (BL&T) division delivers customized banking and credit solutions to affluent, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth clients. As part of our nationally recognized Legal Specialty Group, you'll work with sophisticated law firm clients across the country, structuring complex credit solutions that support growth, partner capital needs, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives.
This role offers the opportunity to combine advanced credit expertise with strategic client advisory work, partnering directly with Private Bankers, Regional Leadership, attorneys, and law firm executives on highly visible transactions.
What You'll Do:
As a Lead Wealth Underwriter, you'll serve as a trusted credit partner, helping evaluate, structure, and manage sophisticated lending relationships for law firms and related professional practices.
You'll:
You thrive in complex environments and enjoy balancing rigorous financial analysis with relationship-driven advisory work.
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Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$143,000.00 - $224,000.00Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
Posting End Date:
16 Oct 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.
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