Copal Amba - Senior Role - Legal

About Copal Amba

Copal Amba (100% owned by Moody's Corporation) is the largest offshore financial analytics, research and consulting services company with 2,900 employees.

Copal Amba provides high-value research and analytics services to leading financial institutions and corporations worldwide through our highly experienced professional analysts and advisors from key skill centers based in the India, Sri Lanka, China, Costa Rica, the US and the Czech Republic.

Copal Amba management team includes individuals with experience in companies such as McKinsey & Co, BCG, GE Capital, UBS, and Deutsche Bank.

Please visit website for more details: www.copalamba.com

Opportunity:

Copal is currently looking for senior legal professionals. The position would entail advising on every legal aspect pertaining to the company.

Desirable skill sets:

- Understanding of types of credit facilities generally provided by a commercial bank including term loans, working capital facilities, personal loans, letter of credit, bank guarantee etc

- Understanding of fund based and non-fund based credit facilities

- Understanding of and prior experience with drafting and reviewing of bank legal documentations including term loan agreements, working capital loan agreements, various types of security creation documents like hypothecations deeds, mortgage deeds etc

- Understanding of type of securities generally acceptable in a commercial banking transactions including types of mortgages (including equitable and registered mortgages), differentiation between pledge, hypothecation, mortgage and various other types of securities

- Prior experience and ability to draft, review, understand, summarize various legal document used in the day to day functioning of a commercial bank

- Understanding of KYC norms and related compliance

- Exposure to day to day functioning of a bank and providing hand-on solution to consumer banking queries/issues on a day to day basis

Responsibilities:

- Drafting, reviewing & vetting various commercial contracts including: Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Work Orders

- Preparing/drafting Requests for Proposals including preparing responses to the same

- Drafting and reviewing various Agreements, Amendments, Addendums, Deeds (including lease deeds), Affidavits, Memorandum of Understanding, Letters of Intent

- Good knowledge and experience of court procedure is preferable. Drafting of written statements, issuing and replying statutory legal notices, counters, company petitions, complaints etc

- Providing professional and strategic advice to the senior management on legal-related matters

- Good knowledge of Mergers and Acquisitions

- Dealing with Govt., Semi Govt. authorities and also attending hearings before the collector and other authorities (as and when required)

- Coordinating with all the departments to assist in legal and compliance aspects

- Statutory compliances and due diligence

Required Background:

- Minimum 7 years of PQE in in-house legal department of a reputed Bank or corporate law firm working with Banking clients

- Exposure to UK and US laws would be an added advantage

- Law degree from a reputed law college

- Good English communications skills (written and verbal)

- Extremely pro-active and a team worker.