Legal Counsel

Job Description: As a Senior Manager Legal Litigation in the Legal department, your primary responsibility will be to guide internal stakeholders on the risks and mitigants associated with partnerships, ventures, and safeguarding the bank's interests during documentation, execution, and post-execution checks and balances. You must possess hands-on experience in drafting and negotiating IT and Service contracts. Your role will involve providing advisory guidance on legislative and regulatory expectations to Shared Services business units, particularly the IT and ISG vertical. You will be responsible for coordinating and collating ad-hoc requirements in collaboration with business stakeholders, with a specific focus on IT and ISG. Additionally, you will review policies, SOPs, manuals, etc., from a legal advisory perspective, taking into account evolving jurisprudence and legislative and regulatory expectations. Furthermore, you will be tasked with reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including but not limited to Software Agreements, Hardware Purchase Agreements, Multimedia Agreements, Services Agreements/Engagement Letters, Training, Events, and Sponsorship Agreements, Renewals/Amendments/Schedules, Termination Letters/Novation, and NDAs. To qualify for this role, you must hold a graduate degree or above in fields such as Maths, Commerce, Arts, Science, Biology, Business, Computers, Engineering, Management, or any other related field. Additionally, you should have a total of 2 to 5 years of experience in the relevant field.,