Legal Officer Full-time Job

Job Purpose:

Supporting members of management as legal officer.

Providing legal services for the Group’s activities (including all Group Legal functions).

Assisting the Group in understanding its legal risk appetite and, participating in the implementation of a legal strategy, plans and programs across the

Group to enable the organisation to deliver on its commercial and customer priorities.

Advising the Group’s teams to ensure that legal implications of business decisions are appropriately considered and that the banks operations are

compliant with local and international legal and regulatory obligations.

Supporting the Group Legal’s functions in the delivery of high quality and commercially focused legal services that protect the Group’s interests and

manage legal exposure within legal risk appetite as defined and understood by the Group.

Anticipating, identifying and managing legal risks, and initiating corrective action where necessary, in order to protect the interests of the Group. The role

will also involve the management of relationships with external counsel, and ensuring that external counsel service and costs are appropriate at all times,

and that external counsel deliver effective advice.

Being involved in the provision of legal training (either by the wealth management and consumer products Team) or by coordination with external counsel

to internal colleagues on core areas of legal risk, as well as emerging areas of legal risk.

Demonstrating emerging skill levels in communication, influencing, commercial awareness, professional excellence and self-development, operational

excellence and efficiency and in awareness and management of legal risk.

Managing transactions and projects with limited supervision.

Participating in any group wide training rotation program designed to extend skills across all Group Legal functions

Participation in the development and maintenance of a strong culture of service excellence

Duties and responsibilities:

Drafting and disseminating template legal contracts and providing training to stakeholders on their implementation.

Reviewing existing template contracts and updating as necessary

Assisting in the negotiation, drafting, review and execution of non-standard complex third-party contracts.

Review, draft, implement & monitor policies, processes & procedures pertaining to the legal support to relevant stakeholders.

Assist in projects and ad-hoc matters assigned to the job holder by the Group General Counsel or team leadership.

Maintaining excellent relationships with business colleagues –including establishment and execution of a relationship plan

Ensure that the legal support is provided to the stakeholders in a timely manner within the agreed TAT.

Provide clear, accurate and commercially focused legal advice and support to clients of the legal team to ensure business objectives and targets are achieved while legal risks are adequately managed.

Developing excellent relationships with business colleagues – including establishment and execution of a relationship plan

Assist in the creation of a comprehensive periodic legal report on material pending, on-going and new projects, matters and risks within Group Legal functions.

Maintain accountability for projects allocated by team leadership and ensure timely and effective delivery of all projects

Drive and support the establishment of a strong service and quality-oriented culture within Group Legal

Emirates NBD (DFM: Emirates NBD) is a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region with a presence in 13 countries, serving over 17 million customers. As at 31st December 2022, total assets were AED 742 billion, (equivalent to approx. USD 202 billion). The Group has operations in the UAE, Egypt, India, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Russia and Bahrain and representative offices in China and Indonesia with a total of 879 branches and 4,130 ATMs / SDMs. Emirates NBD is the leading financial services brand in the UAE with a Brand value of USD 3.6 billion. Emirates NBD Group serves its customers (individuals, businesses, governments, and institutions) and helps them realise their financial objectives through a range of banking products and services including retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management, global markets and treasury, and brokerage operations. The Group is a key participant in the global digital banking industry with 97% of all financial transactions and requests conducted outside of its branches. The Group also operates Liv., the lifestyle digital bank by Emirates NBD, with close to half a million users, it continues to be the fastest-growing bank in the region.Emirates NBD contributes to the construction of a sustainable future as an active participant and supporter of the UAEs main development and sustainability initiatives, including financial wellness and the inclusion of people of determination. Emirates NBD is also an early supporter to Dubai Can sustainability initiative, a city-wide initiative aimed to reduce use of single-use plastic bottled water.