Senior Legal Counsel

7 days ago


Stockholm, Sweden Nordea Bank Full time

Job ID: 26332

Would you like to join a great team of brilliant lawyers working with our largest customers in the dynamic area of corporate and investment banking, primarily with loan transactions?

We are now looking for a Senior Legal Counsel / Legal Counsel to join the team in Large Corporate & Institutions Legal in Stockholm.

At Nordea, we are committed to being a partner that our customers and society can count on. Compliance and integrity go hand in hand. Joining us means you will have an impact on how we do banking – today and tomorrow. So, bring your ideas, skills and unique background. With us, you will be in good company with plenty of opportunities to collaborate, grow and make your mark on something bigger.

About this opportunity

Welcome to Large Corporate & Institutions Legal. We provide inhouse legal advice to all business units within Large Corporate & Institutions in Nordea, working across all our four Nordic locations as well as New York. The role offers stimulating tasks relating to financing and ranging from complex transactional work to cash management, trade finance and internal projects.

What you’ll be doing:

Give legal advice within the LC&I product range with primary focus on Swedish and international financing transactions (including corporate, leveraged, real estate and fund finance) Advise and collaborate with internal business units on structuring of transactions Draft and participate in negotiation of documentation relating to transactions Coordinate and cooperate with Nordea's external legal counsels engaged in transactions Dealing with general matters of law, in particular financing, company and insolvency law and assisting LC&I units in their various business activities Participating in projects related to business and product development as well as regulatory implementation within LC&I

You will join a strong Nordic team consisting of around 50 highly skilled lawyers in a dynamic and challenging environment in one of the major in-house legal networks in the Nordics. The role is based in Stockholm and you will formally be part of the Swedish team consisting of 14 lawyers, but working closely together with our Nordic colleagues. We prioritise and focus not only on having high a level of integrity and legal skills, but also on creating and maintaining an informal and accommodating working environment, not only in our team but also with internal business units.

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you: 

Have an open and curious mindset and a positive attitude Have a strong sense of ownership and drive Have a proven ability and passion to find or create solutions to complex problems and excellent drafting skills Have high integrity with a willingness to speak up Have a strong ability to prioritise conflicting demands and handling multiple tasks simultaneously Have excellent people and stakeholder management skills

Your experience and background: 

At least four to six years of experience as legal counsel in wholesale banking environment, financial institution, corporate treasury department or a banking and finance practice at a law firm Experience from complex financing transactions Additional expertise in banking products, derivatives, and/or capital market areas is valued A genuine interest in the financial markets and a determination to become a leading lawyer in the Nordics in this field A Master of Law degree from Sweden Excellent language skills in English and Swedish


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