Interim Legal Counsel - lending

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Legal Counsel

Experience within the banking/financial sector, or alternatively within a law firm.
Proven experience in general with drafting and negotiating transactional documentation in English and more specific syndicated (LMA) and bilateral facilities and Trade Finance Products (bank guarantees, LC, Risk participations).
Experience with Project and Acquisition finance, securitisations and master netting agreements (ISDA’s, DRV’s) is a plus.

SPECIFIEKE SKILLS

International bank

Review and draft (with or without external counsel) commercial banking documentation (e.g., loan agreements, credit facilities, trade finance documentation, security documentation and other transaction documentation).
Advise on the structure of new transactions, amendments and restructurings of existing financial structures.
Examine transaction documentation for consistency with internal approvals.
Support and advise commercial staff in negotiations.
Represent the Legal function in international consultative legal meetings, the new product approval process, and bank-wide projects (often international and multi-disciplinary).
Coordinate and cooperate with other legal departments.
Manage external legal service providers together with legal colleagues.
Strengthen the legal policy and template framework and observe/analyse changes in regulatory requirements or market standards (including LMA documentation).
If needed, support the corporate housekeeping and its branches, including corporate governance and regulatory affairs.
Draft and review (in-house) corporate contracts, NDAs, supplier and other third-party contracts, and provide support regarding inquiries by/to group companies, third parties or regulators.