Lawyer

Key Responsibilities:

·         To assist in providing legal support and services to internal clients on the best possible legal structure of a transaction, participate in the negotiation with counterparties, structure the deal and prepare documentation, drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements, powers of attorney and all other legal documents.

·         To assist in providing legal support to the Bank’s subsidiaries, if required.

·         To regularly update the management with regard to the status of the legal issues being handled and properly liaise towards delivering a comprehensive regular Control Sheet.

·         To liaise as required with external lawyers and assist in the preparation of the required documentation of cases, reviewing of external lawyers bills and regularly update the litigation report.

·         To monitor and follow up of UAE legislation as well as to inform management on the impact of newly enacted legislation on DIB’s overall activities.

·         Work with the various Departments / Units concerned in legal aspects of product development and create all legal documents of the bank including contracts, agreement, forms etc.

·         To draft Contract, Agreements and other legal instruments, Memoranda and Pleadings pertaining to the Bank as and when required.

·         To ensure compliance of all activities and legal documents to regulatory, audit and Sharia principles and guidelines.

Technical Competencies

• ·         Advisory and Support
• ·         Bank Systems Knowledge
• ·         Banking Products, Services and Operations Knowledge
• ·         Corporate Governance and Compliance
• ·         Islamic Modes of Finance
• ·         Legal Drafting and Contracting
• ·         Litigation Procedures
• ·         MIS Generation and Analytics
• ·         Regulatory and Compliance Knowledge
• Sharia Principles of Islamic Finance

Behavioral Competencies:

• ·         Act   with Ownership
• ·         Empower to  Decide
• ·         Engage  the Customer
• ·         Maintain Transparency & Communicate to Share
• Share Knowledge &  Work as One