Apply: Legal Counsel - Banking & Finance

Reference: BH-12522-1
  • Legal Counsel - Group Legal
  • Transactions and legal documentation focus
  • Role to be based out of Sydney


Client Details

Our client, a leading global bank, is seeking a lawyer with demonstrated in-house or private practice experience to join as legal counsel. Working with the Group Legal team, you will be involved in providing advice and responding to legal enquiries in relation to the banks  Australian transactions.


  • Key Responsibilities: 

  • Providing advice on the structuring of transactions and the drafting of documentation, including loan offer letters, securities, and more
  • Monitoring and providing advice on changes to legal regimes across Australia
  • Ensuring compliance with subpoenas and other notices served
  • Preparing and presenting legal education and training sessions
  • Providing advice on non-transactional matters where appropriate
  • Assisting with special projects and undertaking legal research.


    Profile

    Key Requirements:
    • Ideally 3-6 years PQE in private practice or a financial institution, with a focus on transactions and preparing legal documentation
    • An understanding of ASIC’s regulatory role and experience working with company structures
    • Exposure to conveyancing and PPSR
    • An understanding of the internal processes and practices of a financial institution, and exposure to the NCC and Code of Banking Practice
       

      Job Offer

      Some benefits of this role include a competitive remuneration package, a flexible working environment and diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity in the workplace.
       
      To apply for this position, please click the 'Apply Now' button below. For a confidential discussion, please contact Suzie Large on 02 9195 2980/0434 294 665.
      Company Background:

      At FutureYou we are powered by our purpose – the power to connect without limitation. We genuinely believe that by connecting great people across the market we are improving the talent position in Australia.

      Through customer insight, we identified a gap in the Australian executive market between the global multinationals and local boutiques where the lack of human interaction and service offering had widened to a point where neither offered a holistic end-to-end talent solution. This insight paved the way for building a new breed of human capital offering; a ‘super boutique’ that redefines the talent management industry through Specialist Recruitment, Executive Search and Talent Advisory.

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