[ref. e0583304] Managing Legal Counsel

• This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Managing Legal Counsel in the Business Banking & International Retail and Commercial Mid-Market legal team, where you’ll deliver the legal strategy and provide expert, accurate and cost-effective legal advice
• Your role will sit within our Commercial & Institutional business area, so we’ll need you to have an understanding of associated legal issues
• You’ll be recognised as an expert in your field, and be exposed to stakeholders across the bank and externally

What you'll do

We’re looking for an experienced Managing Legal Counsel to manage and coordinate the delivery of legal advice, supporting our Commercial & Institutional business. You’ll work closely with stakeholders and legal colleagues to ensure the timely, effective and efficient delivery of all issues, projects and initiatives, either directly or through a team.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Managing the legal support that the team provides to the Commercial Mid-Market business with particular focus on the effective and efficient management of higher volume, lower risk legal queries and the essential support that we provide on commercial and institutional climate initiatives and third party partnerships
• Making sure that legal advice is readily understandable to non-lawyers, delivered within relevant timescales, and manages and minimises legal risks
• Delivering continuous improvement in and experimentation with operating practices and processes, including identifying efficiencies, improvements and opportunities to reduce costs
• Providing the communication of internal and external legal advice and helping to deliver transactions and projects to stakeholders in a commercial, user friendly and efficient manner
• Managing legal costs through the use of e-billing, auctions and other cost tools and driving a culture of disciplined cost management and controls

The skills you'll need

Strong leadership, line management and coaching skills are a must, coupled with experience of organising and motivating teams of professionals.

Ideally, you'll also have knowledge of asset finance, invoice finance, financial crime, privacy, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), restructuring and insolvency.

You’ll also need:

• To be qualified to practice as a solicitor in the United Kingdom
• Industry level knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment and issues within commercial and institutional banking
• The ability to keep up to date with and share relevant legal and market developments
• Expert knowledge of commercial and institutional banking business activities, products and legal issues
• The ability to recognise issues of strategic, legal or reputational importance and evaluate and direct how they should be addressed and resolved