Chief Legal Advisor - Karachi
Job Status: open
We, Executive Search Worldwide are inquest of suitable candidate for Chief Legal Advisor for one of our Prominent Clients.
Position Title: Chief Legal Advisor
Position Based In: Karachi - Pakistan
Employer / Client’s Detail: Leading Financial Sector
Gender: Equal Opportunity Employer
Professional Qualification: Minimum LLM from HEC recognized university. Preference will be Given to candidates having higher legal qualification.
Professional Experience: At least 20 years of relevant professional experience with 12 years in senior Management position of well reputed Firm or credible experience with Superior Courts or Retired members of the Superior Judiciary may be Preferred.
Salary Packages: Attractive Salary packages with fringe benefits.
Job Descriptions / Responsibilities:
- Lead the Legal Services Department to ensure smooth and timely delivery of services to the stakeholders.
- Finalize draft of new legislations, amendments, and policies etc. concerning business related activities of financial organizations.
- Provide legal support to deal with the issues of financial organization and its subsidiaries vis-à-vis matters of banking industry and of national importance.
- Coordinate with various stakeholders to project relating to financial sector views and safeguard its interests against any legal implication.
- Examine and vet legal documents of contracts, agreements etc. of Bank and provide comprehensive legal advice.
- Monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise senior management accordingly.
- Supervise/Coordinate/Follow up with external legal counsels for protecting the financial organization and its subsidiaries’ interests in various legal cases in different courts of law.
- Coordinate with external Law Firms to seek independent views on various legal cases.
- Provide timely, sound and well thought out researched legal advice on issues related to the Financial organization and its subsidiaries in the following broad areas:
