Qualifications & Education:
- At least 7 years banking sector experience.
- Experience of advising on diverse legal issues
- Experience of mediation and litigation
- Professional legal qualification equivalent to Bachelors degree
Knowledge: - Extensive knowledge of banking sector legal theory and practice.
- Understanding of UAE & DIFC legal procedures.
Generic Accountabilities:
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Work fully within risk policies and procedures and compliance regulations.
Specific Accountabilities:
- Litigation advice Advise on deceased claims internal regulations labor disputes companys liquidation & internal legal taxation issues.
- Initiate legal proceedings Arrange and cooperate with law firms to initiate legal proceedings to recover customer liabilities.
- Mediation and negotiation Deploy mediation and negotiation as an alternative to litigation
- Advice to head office legal affairs : Provide advice to counsel and ensure counsel is fully briefed
- Reports Report on the status of cases and communicate these to head office legal affairs and to divisions who need to be informed
- Contract development Drive the contract development from drafting to completion of the negotiation process
- Legal advice and opinion Draft analyze and respond to RFPs RFQs RFIs or customers terms & conditions as required.
- Advice Advise on contract templates contract policy legal risk and liability and maintain banks position
- Contract Negotiation: Ensure quality advise on optimal contract terms protecting banks commercial interests and legal rights
- Contracts & agreements Approve local contracts and agreements and ensure banks interests are protected.