VP Lawyer - Corporate Banking (Trade Finance)

Meraki Talent; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking an English law qualified Solicitor for a mid-senior level position in Corporate Banking. The role involves providing legal advice on various banking transactions, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with regulations. This position offers strategic input into the legal team and the opportunity to work on complex banking projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance transactional work is essential.
• Proven track record in general banking and structured transactions required.
• Ability to handle new technical areas of law without prior experience.

Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of legal strategies related to banking products.
• Provide legal advice across banking divisions on complex transactions.
• Create and review legal documents maintaining compliance with regulations.

Skills

Legal advisory

Negotiation

Compliance expertise

Risk management

Analytical skills

Education

English law qualified Solicitor

Job description

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Associate Director - Compliance & Risk Recruitment

Meraki Talent are currently working with a leading international banking to identify a Lawyer - Corporate Banking, working for a global leading bank.

The role although “hands on” also has strong commercial focus and strategic input into the wider team.

Some of your duties will include:

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies related to the role’s relevant product set, to manage risk related to non-adherence to laws, rules and regulations.
• Subject matter legal advice and support to the Bank's corporate and investment banking divisions globally on a wide range of transactions and projects across trade and working capital finance, cash management, real estate finance, project finance, asset backed finance, lending and other corporate loan finance.
• Subject matter legal advice and support to the Bank’s businesses and infrastructure functions, including areas such as credit, compliance, risk, product management, tax, finance, fraud, transaction management, structuring and execution, litigation, commercial contract support, and operations, often in close collaboration with other legal teams across departments and jurisdictions.
• Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to the role’s relevant product set, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Creation and/or review of legal documents or the relevant product set to ensure the bank’s adherence with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Maintaining and updating legal documentation related to the role’s related product set for the corporate banking division.
• the team is also involved with helping the business implement regulatory change as well as a number of key strategic projects.

We are looking for:

• English law qualified Solicitor with thorough knowledge of general banking/finance law
• Currently working in a law firm or an in-house department of a reputable bank focusing on finance transactional work
• Proven track record on a range of general banking work, structured transactions and experience in cross border transactions
• Ability to tackle new technical areas of law without prior experience
• Strong technical legal skills, including ability to draft and negotiate legal documentation to the highest standard

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Banking

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