Legal Officer - Brussels
25/04/2022

You will be part of a small and dynamic legal team within a rapidly growing company and reporting directly to the head of legal.

• Assisting with corporate housekeeping
   
• Assisting the business lines with day-to-day legal matters, such as negotiating and drafting of commercial contracts, handling disputes and potential litigations
   
• Providing research, business-oriented advice, and other legal assistance to the business lines
   
• Developing the bank's policies on industry-specific issues, corporate governance, or regulatory affairs
   
• Providing clarification on legal language or specifications to the business lines
   
• Communicating and negotiating with external parties (external counsel, regulator,
   
• Ombudsfin, etc.), creating relations of trust, or supporting the business with such requests
   
• Drafting and amending contracts, procedures, and other legal documents.
   
• Creating and managing a solid legal contractual database
   
• Optimizing legal processes to eliminate inefficiencies
   
• Continuously researching legal resources, allowing you to stay up to date on all current laws and consequently inform the business lines.
   
• Analysing on a regular basis the actions and decisions of the bank, identifying problem areas, suggesting alternative courses of action and mitigating actions.
   
• Gradually assisting with transactional work (M&A, structured finance, and capital markets).

• Masters in law with excellent results
   
• French or Dutch written and spoken
   
• English written and spoken
   
• 1-3 years of experience
   
• A general background in law
   
• Experience in IT-related contracts and/or banking and/or litigation and/or tax and/or general commercial law is a plus
   
• You are able to work in an independent, efficient, hands-on and proactive way
   
• You are a thorough lawyer and take all possible legal issues into consideration before making any recommendations
   
• You have excellent analytical, communication, diplomatic, research and drafting skills

We will be able to offer you a flexible working environment where work-life balance matters whilst having an intellectual challenge allowing you to grow, as well as a competitive package.