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About the role:
Position Title : Legal Operations Administrator
Corporate Title: Administrator
Reporting to: Vice President
Location: Bangalore
MUFG Legal department in EMEA
The Legal department in Europe, Middle East and Africa (together, “ EMEA ”) provides legal services to and manages the legal risk for MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities (EMEA) and the MUSHD international business (collectively the “ Firm ”).
Members of Legal are dual-hatted across MUFG Bank and MUFG Securities. Dual-hat employees will be expected to be entity neutral across all responsibilities to ensure that services are provided to both entities effective and without favour or detriment to the other entity.
The Legal department’s principal functions are to:
Provide legal services and legal advice to each international securities business and banking businesses
Draft, review and negotiate contractual documentation, whether transactional or non-transactional
Provide structuring, legal and execution advice in relation to transactions and new business
Draft notes and other product documentation and arrange for issuance of such notes and products
Draft, review and negotiate ISDA documentation and related trading agreements and lending (syndicated or bilateral, ECA financings, LMA based or bespoke contractual arrangements)
Draft, review and negotiate trade finance credit lines and products, as well as trade finance instruments
Provide legal and execution advice in relation to transactions and new business
Provide transaction management support for securities issues and financing transactions arranged or underwritten by an international securities business
Provide support for internal projects (internal restructurings and/or regulatory driven)
Evaluate legal risk to ensure business is conducted in a lawful and professional manner
Identify and advise on the implementation of new laws and regulations
Provide legal oversight of regulatory matters and government affairs
Manage all disputes, litigation, regulatory proceedings and other contentious matters
Manage and approve all use of law firms
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
MUFG’s Legal department globally has a business plan priority to grow the global corporate centre legal team in India. The MGS Legal team currently supports the EMEA, APAC and Americas regions with hiring currently led through the EMEA region.
We have an exciting opportunity for an associate to join on a permanent basis. This role will be part of the EMEA Legal Operations team to initially support the US Treasury Clearing filing requirements. Following the completion of the project, the candidate will continue to undertake US Treasury Clearing filings for new onboardings, whilst being embedded within the Global Markets Legal Operations Team.
From time to time, MUFG may ask individuals to develop new areas of practice either where this is required to meet business needs and/or as part of an individual’s career progression.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, the successful candidate will be providing services which cover MUFG’s banking arm and securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, the employee will act and make…