Legal Counsel / In-House Lawyer, Global Trading Group - wemploy.com

You will be responsible for managing all legal activities for the HQ and be involved in International projects.

Job description:

Commercial transactions relating to the Company’s trading business, investments and commercial operations, including preparation and review of term sheets, purchase and sale contracts, marketing and distribution agreements, and documentation for structured transactions
Financing matters including bank facilities, structured funding transactions, inventory financing, structured repos, other third party loans, deposits, secured financing
Counterpart credit risk, funding, and liquidity coverage, Company tax and accounting matters;
Claims and liabilities, including management of legal and regulatory proceedings
M&A transactions and investments
Shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, and joint venture agreements
Employment and labour matters
Regulatory and compliance matters
Insurance solutions including credit, logistics, commercial risk and liability coverage and claims
Restructurings, terminations and management of contracted life cycle events (e.g., credit or default events)
Coordinating execution of transactions by working closely with front office and management, liaising with internal and external advisers, and with banks and other third parties, including management of transaction legal documentation prepared by external legal advisers and counter parties
Managing outside counsel
Monitoring ongoing legal, regulatory and market developments in Europe and the CIS region affecting relevant business areas, and keeping relevant stakeholders informed

Your profile:

Fluent in English and French are essential, other languages would be beneficial
Qualified lawyer, with strong academic credentials and admission to the Bar in Luxembourg or other EU country or the UK
Excellent law firm training and experience (5 - 10 years) with a major law firm, or equivalent “in house” experience gained in a major commodity trading or finance-related firm
Primary legal experience in a trading or finance-related practice, or substantial relevant corporate M&A practice legal experience
Experience in in both civil and common law matters and transactions
Dynamic, delivery driven and detail oriented. Candidate must be confident, personable, and hard-working. Must be strategic thinker capable of competently and comfortably advising and interacting with front office, finance personnel, and management. Must be capable of working both autonomously and as part of a cross-disciplinary team
Excellent negotiation, drafting and communication skills
Self-motivated: must be a self-starter with roll-up sleeves mentality and high energy level, strategic mind and good personal chemistry. Work is fast-paced and intensity fluctuates.
Must operate at all times with the highest level of integrity and ethics
Must have real desire to add value, learn the business fast, and be part of the team and business

Bachelor Or Equivalent Level

	C1	English
	C1	French

5-7 Years	In-house Legal

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