Junior Legal Counsel – Wholesale.Legal & Recovery Department.Legal Division
Mashreq Bank
On-site
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Provide prompt and effective legal assistance to the Legal team with specific focus on Wholesale Banking Legal.
- Provide sound legal advice on a wide range of wholesale banking financial products and services, transactions, and matters, under supervision of senior legal counsel.
- Identify legal risks, ensure compliance with applicable banking and financial regulations, and support implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
- To work independently, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
- To address multiple assignments, work well under pressure, be agile in responding to shifting priorities, and assist an advise on diverse legal matters.
- Interact with internal clients and stakeholders as required.
Responsibilities
- Draft and review various financing documentation, including LMA-based agreements and security packages, in line with UAE and international banking laws and best practice, under supervision of senior legal counsel.
- Assist and support senior lawyers in various banking and finance transactions, advice and research.
- Assist in negotiations with counterparties, obligors, and third parties.
- Provide sound legal advice on a wide range of wholesale banking financial products and services, transactions, and matters, under supervision of senior legal counsel.
- Contribute to Bank-wide initiatives and wholesale banking legal projects, including digital transformation, innovation, banking and financial products and services, initiatives with active engagement across the Bank’s international offices.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of legal policies, procedures, and templates.
- Collaborate with colleagues, business teams, and stakeholders, to contribute to innovative, commercially sound, and legally robust solutions.
- Undertake legal research on banking and finance laws and financial services regulations, cases, and topics.
- Identify legal risks, ensure compliance with applicable banking and financial regulations, and support implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
- Proactively update legal knowledge and technical skills through training, seminars, and other resources.
- Ensure legal advice complies with internal Bank policies, applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
- Review documents to establish customer’s capacity and due authority (i.e. POA, articles and by-laws, board and shareholders resolutions, commercial license, certificate of incumbency and related documents).
- Provide legal input on new products, services, operational strategies, and governance.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues in a team-oriented environment.
- Manage own matters and deliverables, maintaining accurate records of advice and documentation through practice management tools
Qualifications
- Emirati national with a Law Degree.
- Minimum 3 years’ post-qualification experience in banking and finance law, preferably with a top-tier law firm.
- Knowledge / Experience in: Banking & Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate and Commercial, Financial Services & Financial Services Regulation, Cross border financial transactions, and LMA documentation (is desirable).
- A strong academic record and a law degree from a reputable university.
- Admission to practice law in a recognized jurisdiction.
- Languages: Fluent in English and Arabic.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in drafting legal documents and interacting with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong accuracy and attention to detail in legal research and document review.
- Effective team player with strong collaboration skills.
- Proactive, adaptable, and eager to learn new skills.
- Able to work independently, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Skilled at managing multiple assignments, working under pressure, and providing advice on diverse legal matters.
- Proficient in a range of computer applications.