Job Description

:
Law Team Member - North I, North II & Other CO Functions * Qualification:
To be eligible to apply for a position at Law Department of Axis Bank, the candidate, at a minimum, is required to be qualified to be a lawyer i.e. the candidate must have a Law Degree (i.e. LL.B. or equivalent) recognized by the Bar Council of India, from a university/ college in India. Candidate shall also possess appropriate Post Qualification Experience, as may be required, as per the grade in which the candidate is to be considered. * Key Responsibilities:

• Providing support and guidance to all department on the legal questions on matters relating to credit, retail, wholesale, default, foreclosure, collections, premises, outsourcing contracts, software contracts and other questions relating to banking, as may be referred by the branches and other departments.

• Providing legal opinions under various laws, rules and regulations relating to the Bank's business matters, including banking laws, RBI Regulations, FEMA, companies law, business laws, criminal laws, civil laws etc.

• Handling documentation related matters and advising the branches and other offices of the Bank in various documentation related issues and drafting the necessary documents, wherever standard ones are not available, in accordance with the business requirements.

• Advising the relevant business/operations teams on matters relating to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, structured finance, capital market transactions (equity and debt), M&A, private equity, IPR etc.

• Advising on strategy transactions. Drafting, reviewing and advising on shareholders agreements, investment agreements, etc. Advising on M&A transactions, legal due diligence etc.

• Managing serious and complex litigation and serving as a liaison to external counsel litigating the matter.

• Serving as the primary legal support for branches, business units and other offices of the Bank in North I and North II Region and Overseas Branches, and providing advice and guidance in regard to day-to-day matters such as account documentation, cheque processing and wrongful payment issues and other operational issues related to banking, as may be referred by the branches.

• Advising on legal issues relating to new product features and all marketing efforts related to promotion of these products and also assisting in developing policies and procedures compliant with applicable state and central laws.

• Reviewing and advising on vendor contracts the related to Bank's business operations.

• Serving as primary legal support for marketing, in the review of vendor agreements and working with outside counsel in the case of celebrity and sports team endorsement agreements.

• Advising on premises related matters and drafting and vetting of the lease, leave and license agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, ATM agreements etc. Drafting deeds, agreements, bonds, notices etc.

• Monitoring and updating business as well as operation units of the Bank on legal environment (e.g. changes in state or central laws, rules and regulations, court decisions, etc.) to ensure awareness of actual and pending changes in each area of legal responsibility and communicate information internally as appropriate.

• Retaining and serving as a liaison to and monitoring the performance of external counsel in order to contain costs.

• Performing other responsibilities as assigned by General Counsel and/or Group Heads and/or other senior members of the Law Department from time to time.

Skills:
Refer to the
About Company:
Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. The Bank offers the entire spectrum of financial services to customer segments covering Large and Mid-Corporates, MSME, Agriculture and Retail Businesses. The Bank has a large footprint of 4,594 domestic branches (including extension counters) with 11,333 ATMs & 5,710 cash recyclers spread across the country as on 31st March, 2021. The Bank has 6 Virtual Centres and has over 1500 Virtual Relationship Managers as on 31st March 2021.The Overseas operations of the Bank are spread over eight international offices with branches at Singapore, Dubai (at DIFC) and Gift City-IBU; representative offices at Dhaka, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and an Overseas subsidiary at London, UK. The international offices focus on Corporate Lending, Trade Finance, Syndication, Investment Banking and Liability Businesses