ofertas de emprego: ciber

About the job
The Legal Counsel main task is to provide legal advice to the CIB (Corporate & Institutional Banking) business ensuring the strictest compliance with legal laws at all time. The Legal Counsel could be asked to react to legal queries from outside Portugal

Your Main Activities

• Provide legal support to CIB business in particular with regards to bilateral and syndicated loan documentation, security and ad-hoc documentation
• Review, negotiate and draft banking law related documents, loan contracts and security documentation, templates, cash management documents and other legal documents as required by the commercial or operational departments
• Elaborate banking contracts and related collaterals
• Drafting and revising of documents concerning Corporate Governance and delegations
• Rendering effective legal assistance in the preparation of legal opinions, studies and reports as required from time to time. Guidance and advice on daily business requests/queries
• Representing the Bank towards the Courts, if necessary
• Revision of provisions and general terms and conditions applicable to accounts, transactions and payment instruments.
• Management of contractual documentation to set up arrangements with suppliers and providers, including intra-group SLA’s
• Supporting Legal Head on specific projects
• Follow up the litigation files
• Advice on proposed and applicable banking laws and regulations in a perspective of Regulatory Watch

Profile and Skills to Success

• Bachelor's Degree in Law
• Advanced level of english fluency, both oral and written
• At least 5 years years of law/labor law experience
• Experience using Microsoft Office Tools, particularly Powerpoint
• Legal Knowledge about Law and Regulation
• Active listening, great communication and synthetizing skills

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Why joining BNP Paribas?

Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

International reach

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions:

• Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group's retail activities and specialized business lines;
• Investment & Protection Services that include specialized businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;
• Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

Diversity and Inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.

Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices.

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit [1] https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal

• Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.

• In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.