Deputy Director of Legal Department

• Ensure legal support for the activities of the Bank and monitor compliance with applicable laws;
• Participation in planning, organization and implementation of legal support for corporate and business activities of the Bank;
• Drafting and negotiating transaction documents, including distressed assets, execution and denouncement of contracts, assisting adjoined Departments of the Bank with all other legal issues;
• Preparation and implementation of measures aimed at ensuring the protection of the rights and interests of the Bank;
• Development, improvement and systematization of internal regulations, contracts, memorandums, agreements, as well as preparation of legal documents (letters, inquiries, analytical materials, etc.);
• Organization of interaction with external legal consultants;
• Advise Bank staff on internal operational policies and procedures;
• Follow up on current trends in the field of law in the area of international financial organizations, introducing applicable practices into the Bank’s activities.

Requirements for candidates:

Education:

• University degree in law, specialization in international law – preferred.

Work experience:

• Work experience in a similar direction – at least 7 years;
• Experience in managing full legal support of transactions to attract financing, investment and project financing, trade finance;
• Working experience in conditions of crisis management;
• Work experience in international organizations and / or international banks and / or development banks and / or commercial banks, including in the IIB member countries and / or in the relevant direction in the relevant government institutions of the Bank’s member countries.

Professional knowledge, skills and competencies:

• Knowledge in the field of international public, private, corporate, civil and financial law;
• Skills of legal support and expertise of credit transactions, including problem loans;
• Experience in legal support of corporate and business activities of the organization;
• Experience of interaction with sanctions institutions – desired;
• Experience with OFAC licensing – desired;
• Experience in developing regulatory documents, agreements and memorandums;
• Advanced PC user (MS Office);
• Advanced level of English language;
• Second foreign language of the IIB member states would be an advantage.

Conditions:

• Place of work – 7 Mashi Poryvaevoy Street, Moscow;
• IIB offers competitive remuneration, attractive social package, including voluntary medical insurance and other benefits and compensations.