Legal Counsel

CEB - Council of Europe Development Bank

Paris, France

Grade: A2-A3
Salary: €90,205 to €111,308 tax-free + Benefits
Contract: Four year fixed-term contract with possibility of renewal
Closing date: 23 March 2025

Your expertise in capital market transactions will serve our projects to support the most vulnerable populations in Europe.

Do you have a law degree allowing admission to a bar association plus sound experience of capital market transactions? Are you capable of managing your own portfolio of legal files? Then you can strengthen the Office of the General Counsel of an international development bank with a unique social mandate and provide legal advice to support strategic decision-making.

Bringing together 43 member countries, the CEB finances and responds to emergency situations and actively enhances the living conditions of the most disadvantaged groups. Strengthening social cohesion and building thriving communities in Europe, we drive inclusive growth, bolster economic sustainability – and create exceptional careers.

In this key position, you will ensure legal compliance and provide expert guidance across a range of capital market transactions, including MTN and ECP programmes and issues, derivatives, repos and other framework agreements. At the same time, you will constantly remain aware of evolving EU, US and UK regulatory frameworks, draft wide-ranging legal documents and reports, and conduct research to prepare expert memoranda and analyses. Finally, you could find yourself involved in project financing and will oversee the activities of external legal advisers, so you can expect an extremely high profile and a broad range of challenges.

To join us, you should bring:

Proven ability to analyse, structure and summarise legal information and assess implications for the Bank;
Demonstrable flair for balancing conflicting priorities against strict deadlines;
Sound knowledge of document management tools;
Full fluency in either English or French, with the commitment to reach a good working level in the other language.

In addition, a background in a leading international law firm or the legal department of a multinational financial institution would be very useful. Equally, a postgraduate qualification (e.g. LLM) would be an advantage, particularly if gained in a different country from your first law degree.

Applications should be made in English or French using the Council of Europe Development Bank online application system before the deadline of 23 March 2025, midnight Paris time.

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