Head of Legal, EM, Corporate Bank, 10+ PQE

Our client is a mid-cap emerging markets corporate bank, looking to appoint an experienced lending lawyer to head-up their Legal Team in London.

As part of the Executive Management Committee, you will be the go-to person for all legal work including:

– assessing and mitigating legal risk,

– advising at strategic level on the bank’s long-term initiatives, overseeing the effective implementation of the legal framework, setting up policies and protocols; and

– leading on all legal documentation work (e.g. facilities agreements) with the support of external counsels.

You will have trained and qualified at a top City law firm, have a minimum of 10 years’ PQE advising on lending, treasury, private, corporate banking, and asset finance work working with Emerging Banking clients, experience gained in-house would be preferred.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced EM lending lawyer with an agile and commercial mindset looking for the next step-up in their career.

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