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Institutional Bank
Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.
About the Role
The role of a Senior Lawyer in L&CG is to provide legal advice and support to ANZ's Trade & Supply Chain business (the supported business) with a primary focus in (or for) a specified geographic area (the supported region) but also covering other markets as required.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide general legal advice on day-to-day operations and matters with a focus on being proactive.
2. Help resolve the supported business' more complex legal, regulatory or customer problems.
3. Negotiate and draft documentation and assist with execution of the supported business' more complex transactions relating to products and services.
4. Provide regulatory advice and advice on compliance with or breach of the law (including breach reporting) on more complex regulatory issues facing the supported business, including as necessary simple interactions with regulators.
5. Provide advice on the entry into and governance of the more complex principal transactions, joint ventures, partnerships or other investment activities undertaken by the supported business.
6. Help obtain licenses to support distribution of products and services.
Requirements
* Experience in managing and executing cross border/multi-jurisdictional debt finance structures (e.g. bilateral lending, syndicated lending, acquisition finance, export credit agency financing, project finance)
* More than 7 years post-qualification experience as a lawyer (either as an in-house counsel and/or in private practice) with strong technical legal expertise in banking and finance law and proven ability to exercise excellent judgement in the identification and management of legal risk
* Strong understanding of the specific business and region supported by the role, including the products distributed by the business and its customers
* A well-developed risk radar and confidence to speak-up and escalate risks appropriately
Culture
We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself.
ANZ is committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
We have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them.'
We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
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