Legal Counsel

Job Purpose:

Provide well-founded legal opinions that support CBD s business objectives while ensuring full compliance with applicable policies, procedures, laws, and regulations, thereby safeguarding CBD s interests.

Principal Accountabilities:

Work Management

Negotiating, and amending standard and non-standard agreements.

Providing legal advice and consultations on various issues or disputes in contractual arrangements.

Providing legal advice and support for various complex contractual arrangements between vendors, service providers and software providers.

Drafting and reviewing all types of agreements when and as required.

Review and approve technology related contracts including but not limited to subscription agreements, SAAS, licenses agreements, master services agreements, professional services agreements, data processing agreements, maintenance and support agreements, and other service-related contracts.

Review and approve non-technology related agreements including HR related contracts, operational related contracts, non-disclosure agreements factoring agreements, consultancy-based agreements, engagement letters, etc..

Review, negotiate and amend non-disclosure agreements.

Providing legal advice and approval on corporate authorities, on encashing cheques and on authorized signatories.

Providing legal advice for all matters/cases received from the branches and all different departments in the Bank.

Liaising with the credit documentation team and stakeholders (GMs and Business Heads), to enhance, update and review the current legal capacity and authority of the authorized signatories who shall sign the credit facilities, security documents and corporate guarantees on behalf of the corporate obligors.

Liaising with the branches and the concerned business team to enhance, update and review the current legal capacity and authority of the authorized signatories for opening and operating new or existing bank accounts on behalf of the individuals and corporate customers.

Participating in and contributing towards Legal Department-wide strategic projects and initiatives.

Instructing and managing external counsel as and when required while maintaining a good relationship with the panel of lawyers.