Lloyds Bank GmbH and its brands Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have won over 1 million satisfied customers in recent years. And this thanks to convincing products and, above all, our committed colleagues who want to achieve the best for our customers every day with new ideas, challenges and joy. In order to continue writing our success story, we are looking for the right reinforcement for our teams, because all our ambitious goals would be unattainable without teamwork. We also welcome career changers.

For our office in Berlin Mitte we are looking for a  

Legal Counsel (m/f/d) 

 Risk Management

• Provide German law advice to business departments
• Review and advice on: lending documentation, product-related questions and day-to-day requests from business stakeholders
• Analyse and advise the business areas on all relevant German/EU regulatory matters and ensuring that contracts remain in compliance with applicable law and regulation
• Liaise with outside counsel as well as with other lawyers of the Group
• Review, draft and negotiate Supplier agreements
• Advice the business on legal matters of Civil Law and Banking Supervisory Law
• Keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the Bank
• Support the business to interpret legal and regulatory developments and cooperate with internal stakeholders
• Raise internal awareness on legal and regulatory risks and develop and provide relevant trainings

Group Policies

• Responsible for the implementation of medium to high-materiality/ high-risk-exposure policies and the performance of allocated controls

Manage, Coordinate and Develop

• Provide business departments with advice and coordination
• Explain and justify controls and their results to colleagues
• Achieve a change in colleagues’ behavior (where necessary)

Stakeholder Management

• Communicate independently with colleagues up to Management Board level and beyond

 Project / Change Management

• Independently lead projects and/or the Legal & Compliance workstream within projects

• 1st and 2nd Legal State Examination or comparable
• Several years of relevant experience in an international law firm or inhouse legal experience in Banking
• Sound knowledge of the economic background and regulatory aspects of Banking and Finance
• Proven ability to assimilate complex information and support decision making within the business
• Conceptual understanding of the principles of the business area including a detailed knowledge of relevant legislation
• Ability to interpret and unravel complex cases and provide solutions to improve relations/processes
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing (German and English) 

• An international team with colleagues from more than 50 different countries
• Social benefits such as a company pension scheme and capital formation contributions
• 30 days holiday as well as 24 and 31 December as non-working days
• Employee Assistance Programme – personal 24/7 helpline for all employees
• Various possibilities for flexible working, i.a. various part-time models, flexitime
• Extensive, very flexible home office arrangements
• Possibility to work from other EU countries for up to 30 days per year
• Additional benefits such as sports activities, free fruit, nuts and drinks
• Employer contributions to BVG job ticket and a Lease a bike programme
• An informal corporate culture - without dress code and ‘Sie’.
• An excellent learning culture and opportunity to improve your professional competencies
• Easily accessible city centre offices, in the vicinity of many shops and restaurants to which you receive a discount   

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