Senior Lawyer - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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About the role
At ANZ our purpose is to shape a world where people and communities thrive. We're making this happen by improving the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers?so they can achieve incredible things
- whether they're buying a home, building a businessor saving for things big or small.

The Senior Lawyer's main purpose is to provide legal advice on English law to ANZ Markets business in the UK and Europe (and, when resources are available, to the rest of the ANZ Group).

What will your day look like?- Provide support with respect to DCM transactions originated out of London, including MTN updates, EMTN drawdowns and standalone deals.


  • Provide support with respect to Marketsrelated transactions including drafting and negotiating OTC markets documentation across a range of products including secured lending linked derivative transactions.
  • Generally, deal with daytoday legal matters arising in the UK including confidentiality agreements and powers of attorney and provide advice on English law to overseas ANZ offices, in particular regarding parent guarantees.
  • Assist in formulating and implementing approaches to reduce the Bank's exposure to legal and regulatory risk and to develop new Products, processes, and policies.

What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in the role, you will ideally bring the following:

  • Proven track record as an English-qualified solicitor or barrister with experience of dealing with a wide range of matters concerning banking law and practice in the UK as it affects a major international bank, such experience having been obtained witha major City of London law firm and/or financial institution
  • A strong understanding of DCM products and documentation, and good experience/knowledge of other Markets products and documentation.
  • Ability to proactively act to create a future opportunity or bring about an improvement, e.g. introduce process change to alleviate pressure at busy times, anticipate potential problems to avoid, prepare for events; draw up contingency plans, actively promotelegal and commercial solutions to assist business units in completing transactions successfully and within credit limits
  • Be able to manage complex contract negotiations to reach acceptable agreement between multiple parties when there are differing needs and agendas, and where leverage is limited
  • Have detailed knowledge of all relevant UK legislative, regulatory and industry requirements which may impact across ANZ
You're not expected to have 100% of these skills.

At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we'd love to hear from you.


So, why join us?
There's something special about being part of ANZ.

From the moment you join us, you're part of a team working towards a common goal:
improving the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

As a Purpose-led bank, we've committed to delivering commercial and societal outcomes across environmental sustainability, financial wellbeing and household affordability.

We deliver these sustainability commitments with our customers, in our business and acrossthe communities where we operate.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too.

Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources and community you need to take the next big step in your career, towards even bigger things in the future.

We offer a range of benefits tailored to the countries in which we operate including Health and Wellbeing programs and flexible working arrangements.


Job Posting End Date
16/03/2023, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)
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