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Are you a lawyer with an interest in and experience of M&A, financing and transaction processes? Are you looking for an exciting role with significant personal responsibility and influence? We are now looking for another Legal Counsel to join the bank's corporate legal department.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Legal Counsel focusing on transactional law, you will work with legal issues and project management related to the bank's acquisitions, divestments, investments, and other strategic transactions. The role includes, among other things, the purchase and sale of loan portfolios, acquisitions of companies and businesses, structured transactions, and other business initiatives where legal expertise is central to the execution. You play a central role throughout the lifecycle of transaction processes and work closely with large parts of the bank, including management, business areas, finance, compliance, risk, operations, IT, treasury, and external advisors. As part of the role, you will also be involved in other legal work within the corporate legal department, such as assisting the bank's business areas and operational functions with drafting agreements, reviewing contracts, negotiations, and providing other legal advice and navigating the regulatory landscape in which the bank operates.

In your work, you are responsible for leading and coordinating transaction processes, negotiating transaction agreements and related documentation, and handling legal issues related to acquisitions within regulated activities. Both in relation to project management and other tasks, you ensure that relevant legal aspects are identified, analyzed, and managed, and you develop and ensure that decision-making materials, contractual documentation, and execution maintain high quality. The work involves both strategic assessments and practical handling of complex legal issues in close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external parties.

You will become part of the bank's engaged corporate legal team consisting of 10 competent colleagues and report to the General Counsel.

The position is located at Norion Bank's offices in Gothenburg or Stockholm.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for you who have a Master of Laws degree (Jur. Cand.) and at least three years of professional experience as a lawyer within M&A, financing, and transaction processes, preferably from a law firm and/or a bank. You have good knowledge of corporate law, contract law, and preferably also financial law. You thrive in taking the lead in your work and are an experienced project manager. Experience from banking or other regulated activities is meritorious.

As a person, you are business-oriented and communicative. You are meticulous, structured, and efficient in your approach to work. You have good collaboration skills and enjoy taking a broad approach to the bank's transactions from start to finish. Personal suitability is highly valued.

It is a given for you as an applicant that you enjoy interacting with other people and value a mix of significant personal responsibility and teamwork.

In all recruitment processes, Norion Bank conducts background checks on the final candidate. The background check includes, among other things, financial information, legal information, and residence details.

Norion Bank will process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. Read more about our handling of personal data and your rights at https://karriar.norionbank.se/data-privacy (https://karriar.norionbank.se/data-privacy)

NORION BANK'S OFFER TO YOU

For us, it is obvious that the development of each individual is highly valued, which means a strong focus on self-leadership and competence development. Community, innovation, and modern working methods are characteristics of Norion Bank Group. We simply offer you an organization with fast decision-making paths, great openness, and a lot of energy.

We offer you an exciting company with good development opportunities, ongoing competence development, and joint activities on and off the workplace.

NON-DISCRIMINATORY RECRUITMENT

We want our recruitment process to be fair and inclusive. Therefore, we ask you not to attach photos or other information that is not relevant to the position. A cover letter is not required.

We decline contact with recruitment agencies, consulting firms, and advertisers in the recruitment.

INTERESTED? Great! Selection and interviews will take place after the summer, but please apply today with your CV and cover letter!

Questions? Feel free to get in touch with us! For questions regarding the team and the role, please contact Elisabeth Söderholm, General Counsel, at [email protected]

For questions about us as an employer or the recruitment process, please contact Johanna Lövgren, HR Business Partner at [email protected]