In-House Legal Counsel Vice President

About the role

Intesa Sanpaolo is hiring an In-House Legal Counsel Vice President for its branches in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, based in Dubai. You will advise the branches on legal matters and work under the supervision of the International Network Legal Advisory Department in Head Office.

Key responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to all business and non-business areas of the Intesa Sanpaolo branches in the MEA region.
• Draft, review and negotiate corporate banking documentation such as confidentiality agreements, banking mandates and term sheets.
• Draft, review and negotiate security and quasi-security documentation such as guarantees and mortgages.
• Advise on distressed debt, restructurings, workouts, hedging and related documentation.
• Advise on trade finance instruments, documentary credits, supply chain finance, pre-export finance, pre-payments finance and discounting of receivables.
• Advise on insolvency and litigation issues.
• Review documentation related to capital markets, project finance, leverage finance, structured finance and potential mergers and acquisitions.
• Draft, review and negotiate non-core business documentation such as IT contracts and property-related contracts.

Required profile

• 5 to 7 years of experience in the role.
• Qualified solicitor or lawyer from the UK, US or Australia.
• Training from an international law firm.
• Experience in an in-house legal role at an international bank.