Legal Counsel Legal Operations

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• Consult and handle legal operations processes of moderate complexity in connection with public-sector transactions, operations’ policies and operations procurement, private-sector and other non-sovereign transactions, , special and trust funds, resource mobilization.
• Provide day-to-day advice and counsel to senior employees with respect to matters of company policy, guidelines as well as risk management.
• Participate in the negotiation, reviewing, drafting, clearing and amendment of legal documents and agreements related to the bank’s activities.
• Provide legal expertise, research and knowledge services to advance the bank’s Islamic Finance agenda and developmental mandate.
• Participate in the conceptualization and development of the legal operations legal policies, procedures and programs and provide counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications of all matters.
• Ensure the bank’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations and keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the bank and its affiliates.

• Keeps abreast with the latest developments, regulations and leading practices in the field and propose necessary improvements.
• Propose and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, effectiveness and compliance of the related operations.
• Provide necessary inputs in the preparation of the department budget and support in monitoring of actual expenditure against the approved budget.
• Support in the preparation and submission of periodic reports as per management requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law.
• Admission to the bar (or diploma to practice law) of a Member Country or any other jurisdiction acceptable to IsDB.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in International / Islamic Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Trade Finance, International Finance, Corporate Law, Development and Public International Law.
• Master’s degree / PhD in relevant field is preferred.
• Master’s degree in relevant field is equivalent to 2 years of experience.
• PhD in relevant field is equivalent to 4 years of experience.

• Legal advisory
• Legal drafting and contracting
• Legal service delivery
• Regional Law and Shariah Compliance Norms
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Crisis management
• People management
• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• MS Office skills.

• English  Mandatory
• French  Mandatory
• Arabic   Preferred

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