Senior Counsel

Job Title: Legal Counsel - Mexico

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Overview

Deutsche Securities (a member of Deutsche Bank Group) benefits from having a highly experienced and dedicated Legal function, which performs a crucial role in keeping DBs business operations and global financial services clean from legal contingencies while serving the interests of the bank and society. Our regional/global matrix structure allows for flexible responses to challenges in the core areas of: Corporate Governance, Litigation management Contract management, Business legal advisory and Legal Risk Assessment.

Our Legal Team will provide you with opportunities to learn, grow and define your career. We foster an open, diverse, and inclusive team culture, that is engaged and well-supported for prosperity and enjoyment of a life/work balance.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration.
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups foster an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Provide advisory and guidance to the Investment Bank’s Broker-Dealer Operations in Mexico including coverage, origination product teams with regard to Legal topics, in particular contract negotiation and execution with our clients (mainly and mostly for trading of Derivative products, Bond intermediation and FX operations).
• Support the Corporate Governance activities of the entity, supporting the Corporate Secretary of de Board of Directors, and some of the Committees such as Audit and Compensations. This position will act as deputy secretary of these corporate bodies.
• Act as a Legal single point of contact for the Emerging Markets business with a nexus to Mexico & Latin America and coordinate all legal matters associated with the operation of the business when dealing with Mexico domiciled clients.
• Coordinate the different litigation matters that are related with the local legal entity, with the assistance of external counsels (who directly manage the litigation matters) acting as liaison between them and the internal structure (Business and regional Legal).
• Provide legal counseling to other business lines and officers in Mexico and around the world, for legal topics related to Mexico domiciled clients.
• Act as the first point of contact and initial legal advisor for all the infrastructure teams, such as Operations, Finance, HR, Real estate, etc.

How You’ll Lead  

• Assist regional and global business heads to identify and mitigate material risks on both individual clients/transactions as well as for the holistic portfolio.
• Become the product & business subject matter expert for Legal central functions and risk type controllers
• Engage, collaborate and leverage key members of Legal advisory across other jurisdictions and product coverage teams

Skills You’ll Need

• Solid legal expertise in financial entities (banks or broker dealers), with background in the legal background ruling the operations of such entities. A Law degree and a valid license to practice law in Mexico is required.
• Experience in negotiating Master Agreements for Trading with financial derivative products (ISDA/CMOF)
• Experience in emerging markets businesses and products globally
• Excellent collaboration skills across multiple jurisdictions; and ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels of seniority
• Fluency in English and Spanish required (Portuguese is a plus)

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Able to act decisively and manage multiple client and transaction reviews simultaneously
• Able to identify risks that are specific, timely and material
• Able to grasp complex issues quickly
• Able to work independently to manage projects and deliverables to completion

Possess excellent influencing and presentation skills for all levels of internal management in both Legal and the business

Expectations

It is the Group’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Mexico City office in accordance with the Group’s hybrid working model. 

Deutsche Securities provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

Deutsche Bank Group Values & Diversity

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