Senior Counsel

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Job Description

What we are looking for:

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join Rabobanks UK legal team. The role which sits within the Legal Europe Africa & Asia (EAA) team and reports into the Regional Head Legal EAA will have a dual focus namely:

• providing daytoday transaction support to the corporate lending business teams in Rabobank London and other offices within Region Europe Africa & Asia.

• advising the Rabobank London branch on regulatory and governance matters.

You are expected to become a trusted advisor for senior stakeholders in the Rabobank London branch and accordingly should be comfortable representing Legal at management meetings.

The Function & Role:

The W&R Europe Africa & Asia Region is set up to serve wholesale clients in Europe Africa & Asia and to strengthen our commercial and operational effectiveness in the corporate market.

The Legal EAA team is responsible (interalia) for managing legal risk for the region including the provision of legal support to offices in Europe as well as organising legal transactional infrastructure and litigation support; the management of legal risks of the offices in Europe; and coordinating legal reporting to management for business units in Europe.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Qualified English solicitor

• Proven experience as a senior inhouse legal counsel in a banking & financial services environment

• Expert familiarity with negotiating and reviewing LMA investment grade and leverage lending documentation

• Extensive drafting experience including preparing bilateral lending documentation using templates derived from LMA documentation

• Experience in UK regulatory matters desirable

• Experience in governance matters desirable

• Business facing approach and ability to adapt

• Excellent judgment analytical and problemsolving skills

• Ability to anticipate legal issues or risks

Personal Attributes:

• Absolute integrity (highest professional and ethical standards and strong commitment)

• Leads by example embodying the culture and values of the Bank

• Credibility and maturity in dealing with people across a complex organisation with different cultures and geographies

• Customer results and commercial focus

• Strong interpersonal and client relationship / influencing skills

• Assertiveness with the ability to challenge others in a constructive way

• Able to manage and resolve conflict and other challenging issues

• Able to proactively interact and develop credibility with colleagues at all levels of the Bank.

• Ability and willingness to train junior members of the team

Why work with us

A career at Rabobank can offer insights into many areas. As well as having the opportunity to really see and understand the role of Financial Institutions in the Food & Agribusiness sector we are committed to providing our employees with the opportunities to develop their skills and progress their careers within the company. We work flexibly at Rabobank combining the benefits of working at the London office and working from home allowing the best of both worlds to come together. Our expectation is that all UK employees work a minimum of 4060% (23 days) of their working week in the London office

Our Benefits for this role include:

• A competitive salary
• A discretionary annual bonus
• 28 days holiday plus the option to buy additional days.
• Company pension scheme plus other financial benefit schemes
• Private medical insurance regular health screening checks plus other health benefits
• A range of family friendly policies and lifestyle benefits including gym discounts
• Salary sacrifice schemes cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice.

Plus many more incentives

As well as helping our clients to grow their businesses sustainably we are fully committed to growing our people to make them the best that they can be. We embrace differences and strive to create a truly inclusive work culture based on trust and respect for all.A place where everyone can be themselves and bring their whole selves to work along with their unique experiences background and expertise. We strive to empower our people to focus on their wellbeing by providing a range of resources that will enable them to flourish both in and outside of the workplace. Our ambition is to maintain sustainable meaningful and collaborative working environments so that our people understand how they contribute to our vision and overall mission they can be healthy at work and bring the best version of themselves to our vibrant UK Branch are an equal opportunities you require any additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or health condition or if you require any support or assistance due any individual characteristics you may have please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Recruitment Team who will work with you to consider any adjustments or support which we can reasonably make or provide.

About Us:

For over 40 years Rabobank UK has been serving and supporting the UKs Food and Agribusiness (F&A) sector with tailored solutions indepth market knowledge and its broad global network.

Located in the heart of the city of London we are a leader in Food & Agribusiness (F&A) banking with a growing position in the Energy and Energy Transition sector. We estimate that through our existing client relationships we touch 85% of all food sold in the UK.

With a unique knowledgedriven and customerfocused strategy supported by unrivalled financial strength Rabobank UK is in a singular position to deliver value in the form of sophisticated and often individually tailored financial products and services for its customers. Clients in F&A financial services and other financial sectors can rely on Rabobank as their trusted partner with the confidence that Rabobankdesigned financial solutions and advice are supported by topquality research a commitment to building longterm relationships and a unique insight into the customers tactical and strategic priorities.

Application Process:

Deadline for application: 3 June 2025 (due to high volume of applications this advert may close prior to the posted close date)

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