Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

  • Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG
  • Madrid
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Team players wanted:

The pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is a leading specialist bank for financing investments in commercial real estate in Europe. We have more than 800 colleagues from 31 different nations who as a whole make an important contribution to society: They structure loans – even across national borders and help the real estate industry in becoming greener and more sustainable.
 
Would you like to be part of it? To develop your individual potential? Then you are right with us. Our corporate culture is based on trust, solidarity and expertise. We offer personal responsibility, freedom, flexible working hours, an open and modern working environment as well as an appreciative corporate culture.
 
For our Business Area Legal in Madrid, we are searching for an employee with immediate effect (partly home office possible)

Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Your tasks consist of

  • Legal advice, support and execution in connection with and during all stages of the Bank’s real estate financing activities primarily in Central and Southern Europe (ideally also UK)
  • Responsibility for legal aspects of lending through all phases of the real estate financing life cycle, including initial structuring of loans and assistance in the establishment of lending terms, dealing with lending related regulatory and compliance issues (including pfandbrief indeckungnahme), legal advice within the Bank’s credit submissions, loan, negotiation and documentation, syndication, portfolio management, distressed/workout, enforcement, and special servicing situations
  • Delivery of swift, commercially sound, solution oriented  legal advice to the Bank’s credit gremia, other departments and internal stakeholders incl.  the management board of the Bank’s lending presence at the Location
  • Monitoring of legal developments particularly for the Spanish market and advice of the relevant stakeholders in the Bank (at the Location and the Bank’s headquarter in Germany)
  • Openness to/experience with real estate lending in international/non-Spanish context and background and mindset suited for working in international organisations  

Your skills consist of

  • You are a fully qualified lawyer licensed to practise in Spain (Master de Acceso a la Abogacia / Prueba de Acceso a la Abogacia), preferably supplemented by a relevant international qualification.
  • You have at least 8 years of professional experience after qualifying.
  • You have experience in preparing and processing loan documentation packages for large-scale real estate loans (bilateral transactions, club deals, syndicated transactions) and have additional knowledge/experience in real estate and insolvency law.
  • You are familiar with common software systems, especially MS Office.
  • You have excellent spoken and written Spanish and English skills and  preferably business skills in another European language. The bank's communication is in English.
  • You have strong analytical skills and are able to structure complex real estate loan transactions involving more than one jurisdiction in a short period of time. In addition, you are solution-oriented, conscientious and quick on the uptake.
  • You are able to work both in interdisciplinary teams and independently.
  • Strong coordination, communication and interpersonal skills (both with internal and external clients) as well as self-motivation and perseverance round off your profile.
What else are we looking for? We look forward to team players with strong communication skills who tackle life with an open attitude and look forward to further developing with us.
 
We offer an environment in which performance is seen and rewarded, family and free time are not neglected and real teamwork is valued.
 
We are now looking forward to your application in English. As soon as we have received your documents, we will contact you to discuss the next steps.
  • Isabella Maria Wiesmeier
  • +49 89 2880-28262