Legal Counsel

Danske Bank; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Lunch benefit

Sports and culture benefits

Job summary

Danske Bank in Helsinki, Finland, seeks a legal professional to support the Bank's small and medium-sized corporate customer business. The role sits in the Legal Finland unit, consisting of 17 lawyers, with the global Danske Legal network connecting over 200 lawyers.

Responsibilities include drafting financing and security documents, supporting Cash Management and Trade Finance, and close cooperation with account managers, product experts and credit decision-makers across the Danske Group.

Qualifications

• At least a few years of experience in legal positions in the financial sector or a law firm.
• Good understanding of the products offered by the bank to corporate customers and the regulatory conditions in Finland.
• Independent and proactive work approach, strong cooperation, interaction and stakeholder skills.
• Fluent Finnish and English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and commenting on documents related to corporate banking, such as financing and security agreements.
• Support business units in matters such as Cash Management and Trade Finance.
• Collaborate with account managers, product experts and credit decision-makers, and legal colleagues across Finland and Danske Group.
• Engage in extensive contract negotiations with various partners and counterparts.
• Handle monitoring and implementation of regulatory tasks within the bank.

Skills

Legal experience

Finnish + English

Independent work

Stakeholder skills

Job description

Would you like to learn more about corporate customer business and support its success with your legal advice? In this position, you will have a key role as legal support for Danske Bank's small and medium-sized corporate customer business!

Job Description

In this position, you will become part of the expert and warm-hearted Legal Finland unit of 17 lawyers and the global Danske Legal consisting of over 200 lawyers. Your main responsibility is to provide legal support to the Business Customers business, responsible for small and medium-sized companies, and its product units, including for example:

• Drafting and commenting on documents related to corporate banking, such as financing and security agreements.


• Supporting business units in matters such as Cash Management and Trade Finance.


• Close cooperation with experts in different fields, such as account managers, product experts and credit decision-makers, as well as legal colleagues and other stakeholders in Finland and other countries of the Danske Group.

In addition, the role offers the opportunity to take responsibility for new and varied tasks. These could be, for example, extensive contract negotiations with various partners and counterparties or expert tasks related to the monitoring and implementation of regulation. In addition, your duties may include other legal tasks belonging to the bank's business.

We hope from you

• At least a few years of experience in legal positions in the financial sector or a law firm.


• Good understanding of the products offered by the bank to corporate customers and the regulatory conditions in Finland.


• Independent and proactive approach to work as well as strong cooperation, interaction and stakeholder skills.


• Fluent Finnish and English language skills.

We offer you

We offer you a versatile job and the opportunity to develop your skills in an expert and warm-hearted team in one of the largest banks in the Nordic countries. You will learn a lot of new things about the bank's corporate customer business and the work of a lawyer. Your main place of work is located in Pasila, Helsinki, with good transport connections, and in accordance with the Working@Danske model, you also have the possibility of flexible remote work 1–2 days a week. In addition, you will have access to our versatile personnel benefits, such as lunch, sports and culture benefits.

Further information about the position is provided by the recruiting manager Sampo Haimi, Head of Legal Finland ([phone], [e-mail]).

At least a few years of experience in legal positions in the financial sector or a law firm, Good understanding of corporate customer products and regulatory conditions in Finland, Independent and proactive work approach, Strong cooperation, interaction, and stakeholder skills, Fluent Finnish and English language skills