AVP Legal (Banking & Finance)

Robert Walters · Mumbai, India

Job Title: Assistant Vice President, Legal Counsel

Location: Mumbai, India

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the Fifth largest global bank globally by assets, with 2400 locations in over 50 markets. Our client has approximately 360 years of history. Its global network has over 180,000 employees. It was ranked as the fourth largest in the world.

The Role

Our client is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Legal Counsel in the Banking division.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities :

• Provide legal advice, transaction support and perform legal risk management in relation to the corporate and investment banking business of MUFG within India, including (i) corporate banking coverage, (ii) investment banking products including project finance, aviation finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, export credit finance, commodity finance and ESG finance (ii) capital markets transactions including syndicated loans and bonds transactions. Note: this role will carry responsibilities for MUFG Bank, Ltd., and some of its group entities/branches.
• Liaise with clients, external lawyers and other transaction parties on transactions within the designated product coverage.
• Collaborate closely with Legal and other functional teams in India, international legal and business functions in other regions and other local legal units within the branches and subsidiaries of MUFG
• Be an independent guardian and trusted business partner by providing commercially sensitive, pragmatic and practical legal support and advice in a cost effective and timely manner to MUFG
• Be proactive in the provision of legal consultancy services and guidance to business units on material legal developments with regards to a broad range of products, services and issues.
• Ensure that MUFG APAC’s senior management is fully briefed on major issues arising in relevant business area and major legislative changes
• Support group-wide projects, litigation matters, plan and support MUFG local legal offices across India's management of legal issues and liaise and coordinate with external legal counsels
• Support Head of Legal, India by engaging in global, regional and/or country initiatives, supervise and manage legal affairs in India, optimize internal and external legal resources.

Job Requirements:

• Indian law qualified lawyer.
• Minimum 8 years of post-qualification working experience
• Knowledge in banking and finance transaction documents including Loan Market Association based finance documents
• Prior in-house legal experience in a financial institution would be an advantage.
• Strong technical knowledge of legal framework surrounding finance transactions generally, and possess strong document drafting skills
• Good knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to finance and banking

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.