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Aquis Search is currently assisting our client, a global bank, in their search for a Legal Counsel for their Trade & Receivables Finance vertical in Bangalore.
Responsibilities
To provide legal support to the Global Commercial Banking business and specifically the area of Global Trade & Receivables Finance to ensure that its legal risk is fully identified and managed, transactions are supported and escalations occur in a timely manner.
This is an opportunity for an experienced transactional banking and finance lawyer to be trained on the job and develop into a trade finance lawyer, at a world leading and award-winning provider for trade and supply chain finance solutions.
International travel expected occasionally.
Provide legal support to the Global Trade & Receivables Finance business on transactions.
Ensure transaction documentation, for which the jobholder is responsible, adheres to Global Trade & Receivables Finance policies and procedures, to manage legal risk.
Use agreed channels to escalate matters where necessary to ensure the business receives timely and appropriate legal support.
The role holder is responsible for the drafting and negotiating of various types of trade documentation.
Review of template facility and security documentation from all customer segments for products which include receivables finance, lending, documentary credits, trade collections, bonds/guarantees, supply chain finance, leasing and hire purchase.
Gap analysis of standard terms against bespoke documentation.
Review of transactional documentation, including customer board resolutions and capacity opinions.
Qualifications
Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 8+ years’ post qualification banking and finance law experience.
Strong understanding of domestic banking and finance law and transactions.
Trade finance experience preferred but not required.
Strong people management experience, with an ability to motivate others and create a collaborative team environment
Ability to meet deadlines and manage workload.
Strong communication and inter-personal skills.
Lateral thinking/problem solving.
Regulatory experience and an understanding of risk management is an advantage, but not essential
Sounds like you? Please click apply or drop a note on [email protected] for a confidential chat.
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