Legal Counsel

Job title:

Legal Counsel

Company:

NatWest Group

Job description

Join us as a Legal Counsel

• This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Legal Counsel, where you’ll deliver the legal strategy and provide expert, accurate and cost-effective legal advice
• Your role will sit in the Business Banking & International Retail and Commercial Mid-Markets legal team which is within the Commercial & Institutional Banking business area, so we’ll need you to have an understanding of associated legal issues
• You’ll be recognised as an expert in your field, and be exposed to stakeholders across the bank and externally

What you’ll doWe’re looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to manage and coordinate the delivery of legal advice, primarily supporting our Asset & Invoice Finance business and providing secondary support to the Business Banking, Commercial Mid-Market, Restructuring and Capital Management business areas. You’ll work closely with stakeholders and legal colleagues to ensure the timely, effective and efficient delivery of all issues, transactions, projects and initiatives, either directly or through a team.Additionally, you’ll be:

• Making sure that legal advice is readily understandable to non-lawyers, delivered within relevant timescales, and manages and minimises legal risks
• Delivering continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, including identifying efficiencies, improvements and opportunities to reduce costs
• Providing the communication of internal and external legal advice and helping to deliver transactions and projects to stakeholders in a commercial, user friendly and efficient manner
• Managing legal costs through the use of e-billing, auctions and other cost tools and driving a culture of disciplined cost management and controls

The skills you’ll needTo be successful in this role, you’ll need experience of providing legal and commercial advice in relation to transactions and projects in-house, or in a leading UK law firm. We’ll expect you to have in depth knowledge of general banking law and practice, and the financial services industry, coupled with the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the bank. In addition, experience in asset and invoice finance is strongly preferred.You’ll also need:

• Knowledge of the commercial and institutional banking business activities, the commercial environment within which it operates and associated legal issues
• Experience of working with leading law firms and other professional advisers and consultants
• The ability to keep up to date with and share relevant legal and market developments
• A proactive attitude to develop skills in the business area which our team supports

Hours 35Job Posting Closing Date: 05/02/2025Ways of Working:Remote First

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 02:00:07 GMT

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