Junior Legal Counsel

Responsibilities

• Draft and review various financing documentation, including LMA-based agreements and security packages, in line with UAE and international banking laws and best practice, under supervision of senior legal counsel.
• Assist and support senior lawyers in various banking and finance transactions, advice and research.
• Assist in negotiations with counterparties, obligors, and third parties.
• Provide sound legal advice on a wide range of wholesale banking financial products and services, transactions, and matters, under supervision of senior legal counsel.
• Contribute to Bank-wide initiatives and wholesale banking legal projects, including digital transformation, innovation, banking and financial products and services, initiatives with active engagement across the Bank s international offices.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of legal policies, procedures, and templates.
• Collaborate with colleagues, business teams, and stakeholders, to contribute to innovative, commercially sound, and legally robust solutions.
• Undertake legal research on banking and finance laws and financial services regulations, cases, and topics.
• Identify legal risks, ensure compliance with applicable banking and financial regulations, and support implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
• Proactively update legal knowledge and technical skills through training, seminars, and other resources
• Ensure legal advice complies with internal Bank policies, applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
• Review documents to establish customer s capacity and due authority (i.e. POA, articles and by-laws, board and shareholders resolutions, commercial license, certificate of incumbency and related documents).
• Provide legal input on new products, services, operational strategies, and governance.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues in a team-oriented environment.
• Manage own matters and deliverables, maintaining accurate records of advice and documentation through practice management tools.