Legal Counsel
Meet Our Recruiter
Callum Walsh
About the Role
Legal Counsel
The Opportunity
If you're a banking lawyer who wants more than a steady queue of contracts, this role is worth a look.
You'll advise the board directly. You'll lead the legal side of strategic projects and organisational change. And you'll keep the day-to-day advisory work that keeps your technical skills sharp.
It's a chance to shape decisions, not just review them after they've been made.
The Role
You'll join the in-house legal team as a trusted adviser to senior leadership, business units and group companies. The work is broad, which means no two weeks look the same.
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements, and be the first port of call for legal questions from client-facing teams.
- Advise the board, internal functions and group entities on commercial, corporate and banking law.
- Lead the legal workstream on strategic initiatives and organisational change, turning analysis into recommendations the business can act on.
- Monitor legislative and case law developments, assess what they mean for the business and propose a response.
- Help internal teams implement regulatory requirements correctly, and run training that makes legal obligations easy to follow.
- Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters, instructing and coordinating external counsel and auditors.
- Prepare internal reporting, including on customer complaints, and contribute to responses to regulator enquiries.
Because you'll follow matters from the first query right through to board level, you'll build a view of the business that few in-house roles offer.
The Company
Our client is an established financial institution operating in a heavily regulated environment.
Regulation shapes almost everything the business does. That means legal isn't a back-office function here. It sits close to the decisions that matter, and your advice will carry real weight.
You'll also work across group companies, which gives you exposure to a wider range of structures and issues than a single-entity role would.
What You'll Need
- Full German legal qualification, with both state examinations.
- Expertise in banking, corporate and contract law.
- Several years' professional experience gained at a bank or financial services provider, in consulting, or in a corporate environment.
How to Apply
Interested? Get in touch with the MAM Gruppe team for a confidential conversation about this role.
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