Job Title: Senior Counsel, IB Legal

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: APAC – India, Mumbai

Role Description

The Senior Counsel will provide legal guidance and counsel to managers and teams within the business on a wide range of legal topics. Senior 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. Senior Legal Counsel will typically provide coverage for one or more specific teams within a Division / Location and have responsibility for advising in their functional area(s) 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 as well as to other colleagues.

Educational qualification
• A minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience
• Bachelors or Master of Laws with a license to practice law in India

What We’ll Offer You

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your Key Responsibilities Include
• Identifying legal issues and providing astute legal advice in managing and mitigating legal and regulatory risks as appropriate
• Partnering with the relevant product-aligned colleagues to structure transactions and negotiate terms with potential clients
• Providing assistance in drafting and negotiating pre-trade documents including term sheets, confidentiality agreements, mandate letters, commitment letters, etc.
• Application of regulatory framework to live matters and general legal advisory work
• Ongoing management of netting approvals, including preparation of applications and coordination with the netting committee
• Oversight of external counsel, maintaining excellent relationships with key partner firms
• End-to-end deal execution management from a legal standpoint, including documentation and legal opinion review, transaction and product level approval analyses and sign offs
• Addressing day to day queries from the various IB businesses – including equities broking, fixed income and derivatives, structured credit and IB advisory as and when needed
• Managing legal costs, overseeing billing and cost management for matters handled

Your Skills And Experience
• Working knowledge of banking and finance matters is a must (India market primarily, but cross border lending transaction experience is a plus)
• Experience in the areas of debt financing, fixed income, money markets and derivatives related experience is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of the LMA/APLMA documentation framework and different types of collateral and security arrangements
• Ability to be adaptable, collegiate and a team player
• This role will require a lot of pro-active interaction with business and other infrastructure function colleagues
• Ideal candidate will have excellent drafting, communication and interpersonal skills

How We’ll Support You
• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About Us And Our Teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, ****** orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

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