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Mashreq

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1967

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Banking • Finance • Fintech

Mashreq is a leading financial institution based in the UAE, offering a wide range of banking services including personal, corporate, and investment banking. The bank focuses on providing innovative financial solutions to its customers and has a strong digital banking presence.

📋 Description

• Lead and provide expert legal support on complex banking and finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated loans, structured finance, cross-border matters, specialist banking products, and multi-jurisdictional projects • Draft, review, and negotiate financing documentation, including LMA-based agreements, security packages, ISDA, GMRA, and CSAs • Advise on legal, regulatory, and commercial risks across Corporate & Investment Banking, International Banking, and Treasury and Capital Markets • Represent the bank in high-level meetings with clients, regulators, industry bodies, and internal stakeholders • Lead legal projects while managing timelines, resources, external counsel, consultants, and third-party advisors • Contribute to legal policies, procedures, templates, innovation, AI, digital transformation, and emerging-technology initiatives • Monitor legal developments and assess their impact on financing activities • Structure innovative, commercially sound, and legally robust solutions with business teams and stakeholders • Mentor junior legal staff and promote best practices in banking and finance advice and documentation standards

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 8–10 years’ post-qualification experience; external qualifications specify a minimum of 10 years in a similar legal counsel role • Law degree from a reputable university or equivalent relevant legal qualification • Admission to practice law in a recognized jurisdiction • Legal practice certificate or licence • Deep expertise in UAE and international banking laws and financial services regulations • Proven track record in complex, high-value financing transactions across multiple jurisdictions • Experience with complex financing structures and regulatory frameworks • Experience leading legal projects and managing timelines, resources, and stakeholders • Strong legal drafting, negotiation, research, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Deep understanding of LMA documentation • Knowledge of international banking and finance, corporate finance, treasury and capital markets, transaction banking, investment banking, structured and leveraged finance, financial markets, and financial services regulation • Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities, and perform under pressure • Strong commercial acumen, communication, people, leadership, mentoring, and multicultural collaboration skills • Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus • Experience in a remote working role is preferably required in the external qualifications