Senior Legal Counsel

Responsibilities:

• Possesses technical knowledge of the legal landscape for Financial Markets (“FM”) with a particular focus on Islamic banking.
• Lead and take responsibility for providing legal advice, guidance and support to business units and stakeholders on all legal matters relating to FM.
• Maintain close relationships with stakeholders including the Regional General Counsels and FM Business Heads to provide them with relevant legal advice, guidance and support.
• Promote a culture and practice of compliance with legal standards (including conducting business within legal and regulatory requirements, with high ethical standards).
• Lead through example and build an appropriate culture and values. Set an appropriate tone and expectations for the FM Legal team in Africa and Middle East (AME) as regards good conduct.
• Help to embed and implement global legal standards for FM taking into account regional/country issues.
• Help to ensure that regulatory reform/changes are appropriately assessed within Legal from a FM impact perspective and that any regulatory reform is appropriately escalated and managed