Job Title: AVP - India Country Coverage
Location: Mumbai

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Hybrid Working

Onsite role:
Colleagues who perform ‘onsite’ roles will spend four or five days a week working onsite, depending on the requirements of their role and business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Introduction:

The individual will be a member of CIB India legal team based in Mumbai and will work with the Legal team and the Businesses and other functional areas, to provide transactional and advisory coverage for the Corporate Banking, Investment Bank and Private Bank businesses in India and associated and ancillary legal coverage and assistance. The role will also require the individual to collaborate with other members of the Legal function in India and in the Asia Pacific Region as well other regions on projects and other pieces of work associated with Legal function deliverables and responsibilities.

What will you be doing?

For a banking and financial services business:
- Drafting and negotiation of bespoke contracts and other transactional documents.
- Development and maintenance of standard templates
- Input to and preparations of cases for legal opinion
- Review of and input to legal opinions and enforceability memoranda
- Discussion on and input to transaction structures within the Legal function and with Business and other functional stakeholders
- Assessment of relevant regulatory frameworks
- Tracking relevant regulatory and legal developments (statutory and case law). Analysing the same and preparing relevant summaries for internal dissemination and assessment and application
- Amending and updating contractual terms to appropriately reflect regulatory and legal developments
- Engaging with panel law firms on the organisation’s interaction with them
- Advising functions and businesses on legal matters associated with their remits e.g., Operations, Sourcing and Procurement)
- Assisting with responses to regulatory authorities and investigative and law enforcement agencies
- Assisting with the management of litigation and disputes
- Maintaining and updating internal document repositories
- Handling matters and aspects associated with the above
- Acting in an effective, and impactful manner.

What we’re looking for:

Qualified lawyer in Indian law.
Previous relevant experience in-house or at a law firm

Skills that will help you in the role:

Good oral and written communication skills
Analytical and logical analysis and interpretation skills
Ability to apply theory to practice
Good inter-personal skills and team player
Ability to appropriately address commercial requirements with skilful risk mitigation and prudence mindsets

Where will you be working?
Mumbai

Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.