Legal Counsel - C12 - ISTANBUL

The Legal Counsel provides litigation coordination and corporate secretarial duties with good understanding of local laws and regulations, procedures and concepts within own technical/subject area and a basic knowledge of other areas in order to understand how they relate to own area. 

The Legal Counsel will report to Senior Legal Counsel with the following jobs:

Responsibilities:

• Handling, coordinating and tracking all litigation cases, disputes and enforcement proceedings with the external legal counsel.
• Coordinating company secretarial jobs such as resolutions of board of directors, audit committee, corporate governance committee, shareholders’ meeting and other matters related with the governance.
• Supporting Head of Legal/Senior Legal Counsel for providing consultancy regarding legal matters, negotiating and approving legal documents.
• Handling bureaucratic jobs of Legal Department at Trade Registry, Tax Offices, Municipalities, Title Deeds and Notary Publics.
• Examining legal precedents and informing the Legal Department regarding legal precedents and new legislation which will have an effect on banking practices.

• Qualifications:

• Licensed by any Turkish Bar Association
• Excellent command of written and spoken Turkish and English 
• At least 4-6 years of experience in a reputable law firm or a bank 
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Capability for working at the intersection of business in very intensive and dynamic working environment
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to maintain effective relationships
• Experience in litigation, commercial law, company law, law of contracts

• Education:

• Bachelors/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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