Counsel 3 - Legal (Product ) - Officer , Hybrid

Overview

Intermediate-level legal counsel providing legal guidance, support and thought leadership to the Business, with a focus on product legal matters in financial services.

What you'll do

• Provide legal counsel to the Business, participate in strategic initiatives, and offer subject matter expertise and interpretations of relevant laws, rules, regulations and industry practices.
• Advise business management on legal matters impacting the business.
• Support legal peers in evaluating business proposals by analyzing and producing documentation against institutional knowledge, risk appetite, industry standards, widely accepted business practices, laws, rules and regulatory guidelines, escalating as appropriate.
• Collaborate across internal lines of business, control/support functions and external counsel to achieve coordinated and efficient outcomes; coordinate closely with the Legal team on a regional and global basis.
• Identify, evaluate and contribute to the management of legal, regulatory and reputational risk, collaborating with ICRM & Risk, following relevant legal developments, participating in internal projects and escalating as appropriate.
• Manage day-to-day legal activities in area of responsibility and provide advisory services to business partners as applicable.
• Timely negotiate and prepare ISDA Master Agreement, Global Master Repurchase Agreement, Global Master Securities Lending Agreement, CDEA and other markets trading documentation, and negotiate ancillary trading documentation including review of corporate, security and collateral documentation.
• Conduct due diligence to determine whether agreements are enforceable and meet the well-founded basis standard under applicable capital rules.
• Coordinate and track deviation approvals, including compliance of documentation with legal, regulatory requirements and Citi policies.
• Provide legal support, advice and guidance across a broad range of practice areas, assessing risk of business decisions and driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and Policy.
• Manage data inputting for trading documentation and interact with regional support teams on trading documentation data systems and related queries and amendments.
• Participate in global documentation regulatory and remediation projects.
• Assist in the coordination and support of AP Markets Legal Contract Management processes and initiatives, liaising with other control and functional business units.
• Effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability for those who fail to maintain required standards.

What you'll need

• 2-5 years of relevant industry experience.
• Banking or financial industry experience, including laws related to banking regulations.
• Knowledge of international laws, regulations and practices, staying abreast of regulatory and legal environment, internal policies and industry trends that impact the business.
• Experience with complex deals and demonstrated ability to analyze issues and develop legal solutions.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills and ability to build and maintain trusted relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to apply sound judgement while managing assignments in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Bar license in good standing to practice law.
• Juris Doctorate or equivalent law degree.

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services.

Details

• Full-time role.
• Hybrid work mode.
• Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.