Real Estate - London, United Kingdom - Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

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Tom O´Connor

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Legal

London, England, GB

Posted on November 20, 2023

The Opportunity:

Shawbrook is a specialist bank driven by a purpose to power up ingenuity to create opportunity, every single day.

We offer a diverse range of savings and loan products.

From personal and business savings accounts and loans for weddings and new cars, to complex financial credit facilities for businesses requiring significant investment and mortgages for landlords with multiple properties - no two customers are ever the same.

We give our customers the best-of-both worlds; uniquely combining strong digital capabilities with human expertise and ingenuity to deliver the best outcomes.

We rise to the challenge of a complex case or unconventional circumstances, and we love to make things happen. By being creative, practical, and personal, we know we can always find the right solution for our customers.

If you're willing to roll up your sleeves, contribute new ideas and believe anything is possible, you're our kind of person

Work with us because you:

Want to be part of a bank built for the dynamics of the modern world
Relish a challenge and enjoy a fastpaced, innovative and hardworking culture
Enjoy finding new and better ways to solve complexity and make things happen
Want to belong to a diverse culture that stands shoulder to shoulder with minority and underrepresented groups
Care about society and the environment and want to be part of a business that cares too
Want to continue to grow professionally and be the best version of yourself

The Role & Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Bank's property lending stakeholders within the Enterprise Franchise to advise on policy, documentation, process improvements and to act as an interface between the franchise's lending teams and the Bank's external conveyancing solicitors.
Where required, to support the Enterprise Franchise and the wider inhouse legal team on broader commercial law issues/contract negotiation.
Where required, to advise on changes to standard form customerfacing documentation, terms and conditions, processes and procedures and embed these into the business.
Advising on strategy and approach to any issues which may become litigious.
To act as a beacon for best practice relating to legal document creation and retention maintaining an up to date library of all relevant legal contract templates.
To work closely with the Legal Director, General Counsel and the wider legal team to deliver legal solutions for the Bank (with particular focus on the propertylending businesses within the Enterprise Franchise).
With the support of external counsel to facilitate the delivery of complex or large

- scale transactions, corporate M&A activity, forward flow arrangements, third party funding, securitisations, Term Funding Scheme etc.

Working closely with the Bank's property lending stakeholders within the Enterprise Franchise to advise on policy, documentation, process improvements and to act as an interface between the franchise's lending teams and the Bank's external conveyancing solicitors.
Where required, to support the Enterprise Franchise and the wider inhouse legal team on broader commercial law issues/contract negotiation.
Where required, to advise on changes to standard form customerfacing documentation, terms and conditions, processes and procedures and embed these into the business.
Advising on strategy and approach to any issues which may become litigious.
To act as a beacon for best practice relating to legal document creation and retention maintaining an up to date library of all relevant legal contract templates.
To work closely with the Legal Director and the wider legal team to deliver legal solutions for the Bank (with particular focus on the propertylending businesses within the Enterprise Franchise).
With the support of external counsel to facilitate the delivery of complex or large

- scale transactions, corporate M&A activity, forward flow arrangements, third party funding, securitisations, Term Funding Scheme etc.

To develop and maintain good governance structures and mechanisms that reflect best practice and meet the needs of the business within the regulatory environment. To assist with the management and governance of first line conveyancing firms which support the property lending business within the Enterprise Franchise. This will include undertaking audits of these firms and reporting the findings to the lending division.
Acting as a key stakeholder, supporting the Bank as whole on propertylaw related matters e.g. acquisition of new office premises etc.
As one of the legal business partners for the Enterprise Franchise, to liaise with key business stakeholders (including those in the legal team and the wider Bank teams) to help facilitate the delivery of strategic or regulatory change in respect of the Enterprise Franchise with particular focus on
Acting as a key stakeholde