Senior Counsel, VP

Role Description

• The Legal Documentation Centre of Competence (LDCC) within Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank is looking for a Legal counsel in India to support the client documentation for products / businesses including Cash Management, Trade Finance & Security Services
• Your role will be to support these businesses based in APAC with respect to transactions undertaken by the Deutsche Bank Group by drafting and negotiating agreements and other legal documentation You will be primarily focused on supporting Cash Management and Trade Finance consisting of institutional Cash Management and corporate Cash Management

Your Key Responsibilities

• The Legal counsel will provide legal guidance and counsel to managers and teams within the business on a wide range of legal topics
• Legal counsel rely on both generalist legal knowledge and specialist knowledge of specific functional and product-related activities, to support areas such as contract law, documentation, mergers, acquisitions, corporate, insolvency, real estate, employment, intellectual property, litigation, policy and regulatory topics
• Legal counsel will typically provide coverage for a specific team within a division / location and have responsibility for advising in their functional area of expertise on current or future requirements. The role comprises legal advice, decision of legal questions, creation of legal documents and the communication of legal topics to the business
• The role is a mixture of transactional work and requires the legal counsel to work closely with the business, other members of Legal and internal support functions
• You will play an active role in helping the business manage legal, regulatory and reputational risk
• Understanding business and regulatory requirements and ensuring functions are being performed in those requirements

Your skills and experience

• Having experience of financial products or commercial contracts drafting and negotiations. (Previous Corporate Bank or general corporate experience gained in a law firm or in-house will be an advantage.)
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Excellent legal drafting ability and eye for detail
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem solving and / or analytical skills with solution-based approach
• Ability to forge strong relationship with internal departments
• Ability to read complex legal documents with confidence, ease and understanding
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an excellent team player

Education/ Qualifications

• Law Degree or Commonwealth qualified solicitor with over 15 years of PQE.