Senior Counsel C&IB and GM&T

We are looking for powerful players, game-changers and future leaders. At Emirates NBD, you will be part of an organization that puts its own people first, celebrates uniqueness and welcomes talent with open arms. Emirates NBD is expanding its services internationally across sectors including retail banking and wealth management, corporate and institutional banking, global markets and treasury, and Islamic banking. Join us and shape the future of banking.

Job Purpose:

• Advising members of management as senior counsel.
• Providing legal services for KSA’s C&IB including all subgroups (corporate banking, transaction banking, business support, EmCap (syndications, agency), Credit/CRAD, FRR, FI, finance related queries from KSA in relation to cross-group lending transactions, and other matters, in each case to support the delivery of the commercial and customer priorities of those functions of KSA in a manner compliant with KSA’s legal risk appetite, internal policies and external legal and regulatory obligations.
• Providing legal services for KSA’s transactions global market and treasury activities (including in bond financing (FI), ALM, DCM and other debt programs, EmCap DCM desk, derivative sales, ALM derivative arrangements, derivative policy, margin projects, and brokerage).
• Assisting KSA in understanding its legal risk appetite and, participating in the implementation of a legal strategy, plans and programs across KSA and the Group to enable the organisation to deliver on its commercial and customer priorities.
• Advising KSA’s C&IB management teams to ensure that legal implications of business decisions are appropriately considered and that the banks operations are compliant with local and international legal and regulatory obligations.
• Advising KSA’s global market and treasury management teams to ensure that legal implications of business decisions are appropriately considered and that the banks operations are compliant with local and international legal and regulatory obligations.
• Managing KSA Legal’s C&IB & GM&T function in the delivery of high quality and commercially focused legal services that protect KSA’s and the Group’s interests and manage legal exposure within legal risk appetite as defined and understood by KSA and the Group.
• Anticipating, identifying and managing legal risks, and initiating corrective action where necessary, in order to protect the interests of KSA and the Group. The role will also involve the management of relationships with external counsel and ensuring that external counsel service and costs are appropriate at all times, and that external counsel deliver effective advice.
• Managing the Mid-level and junior team members comprised within KSA Legal’s C&IB & GM&T team.
• Being involved in the provision of legal training of internal colleagues on core areas of legal risk, as well as emerging areas of legal risk (whether internal or in coordination with external counsel).
• Demonstrating exceptional communication skills: being able to influence, show commercial awareness, and operational excellence and efficiency.
• Managing transactions and projects without supervision.
• Participation in the development and maintenance of a strong culture of service excellence.
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Responsibilities:

• Providing legal services for KSA’s C&IB including all subgroups (corporate banking, transaction banking, business support, EmCap (syndications, agency), Credit/CRAD, FI, FRR, finance related queries from KSA as well as the Group or international branches where cross-group transactions are involved).
• Providing legal services for KSA’s global market and treasury activities as well as related queries from KSA, the Group or international branches where cross-group transactions are involved.
• Deliver best–in-class customer service across all touch points and provide solutions that fulfill customer needs/build trusted relationships.
• Enhance tighter cost management and achieve cost efficiencies
• Submission of Management Information
• Performance Metrics
• Culture of service excellence

Person Specification:

• LLB/LLM holder and/or post graduate Diploma in Legal practice.
• Certified & qualified Solicitor/Lawyer.
• 7 to 10 years PQE preferably in either international law firm, or reputable international bank.
• Finance law and transaction background, preferably with deep experience in transactions made on LMA terms, LMA market and developments, bilateral, syndicated transactions, security, transaction structuring and general finance advice.
• Experience in any of: Trade Finance, digital banking/Fin tech, Treasury and in KSA/the Middle East/UAE markets
• Knowledge of local law and its application to finance transactions
• Experience of financial markets products (derivatives and repo transactions both Islamic and conventional).
• Experience with industry standard documentation and concepts (ISDA, GMRA.

• Communication skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Concern for quality.
• Strong interpersonal skills.