Standard Chartered is hiring for the post of Legal Associate to join its office in Bangalore.
About the Bank
Standard Chartered Bank has been operating in India for over 160 years making it one of the oldest foreign banks. The Bank has a network of 100 branches across 42 cities. Key business segments include Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional Banking as well as Consumer, Private, and Business Banking.
About the opportunity
To support the Head, Legal, Group Commercial as a member of the Bank’s Group Commercial Legal Centre of Excellence based in Bangalore. The role will have a specific focus on supporting procurement and commercial contracts with vendors and other third parties across the Bank’s global footprint.
Roles & Responsibilities
- To manage the Group Commercial Legal centralized mailbox on all incoming matters for legal support, reviewing the request for completeness and following up with requesters / SCM for additional information wherever required and triaging the request to lawyers in the Commercial Legal Team following the guidelines.
- To draft, review, and validate global procurement contracts (technology and non-technology) like NDAs, proof of concept agreements, SOWs, Order Forms, and change orders, to ensure they meet the Group’s third-party contract standards and applicable law.
- To assist with contractual queries from business stakeholders and supply chain in case of any ambiguity. Provide clarity on contract language by conducting contract review and research and provide analysis and recommendation accordingly.
- To assist the legal teams across the Bank to ensure appropriate overall matter management. Where external counsel is appointed, to manage the engagement and external legal costs.
- To provide stakeholders with accurate and timely information and advice regarding the status of contract matters.
- To keep up to date with relevant policies and procedures and applicable law.
- To assist with continuous improvement initiatives about contract processes and workflow.
- To support team administration tasks where required.
Eligibility
- Must be a qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction (solicitor, attorney, or barrister)
- 1 – 3 years of post-qualification experience.
- Good knowledge and understanding of commercial contract requirements about technology and non-technology procurement matters
- Experience in contract legal support (whether through in-house or private practice) and business acumen
- Experience in reviewing contracts using contract templates and/or using contract guidance or playbooks
- Able to operate independently with minimal supervision.
- Pragmatic, creative, practical, and solution-oriented.
- Able to use initiative and be ready to identify issues without being asked and provide advice accordingly.
- Able to work with various levels of management.
- Able and willing to work long hours and, at short notice, travel to, and work in, challenging environments for periods (if required).
- Able to prioritize workload and manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines. Strong attention to detail to highlight potential risks in contracts and errors.
- Reliable, tactful, discreet, and diplomatic: able to work with board members, other senior staff, and persons of different nationalities and from different cultures, have good judgment, and strong decision-making skills.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates may apply through the link provided at the end of the post.
Location
Bangalore
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