Corporate Bank - Legal Practitioner / Lawyer - 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.