Counsel - #1159256

Job Description

Job Title: Counsel – Legal Technology, Infrastructure & Sourcing - Location: Bangalore A position is available for an information technology and intellectual property lawyer in Deutsche Bank Legal Technology, Infrastructure and Sourcing (TIS) team. The position is based in Bangalore or Mumbai, working regionally with the Legal TIS team based in Bangalore and Singapore, and globally in London, Frankfurt and New York. The successful candidate will assist a number of DB internal business lines including the DB Technology, Data & Innovation (TDI), Procurement, Communications, Third Party Management, and Human Resources divisions, as well as the front office divisions (the “Clients”) advising on information technology, outsourcing and intellectual property matters. The successful candidate will be expected to advise more generally on commercial contracts, data protection, and areas of contract and tort including negligence, the law of confidence, and damages. What we’ll offer you As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
  
• Gender neutral parental leaves
  
• 100% reimbursement under child care assistance benefit (gender neutral)
  
• Flexible working arrangements
  
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
  
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
  
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
  
• Accident and Term life Insurance
  
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above
  

Your key responsibilities Providing day-to-day legal support in technology-related transactions in APAC, including technology and operations outsourcings, business platform subscriptions, telecommunications and software transactions, internal relocations (within the group entities) and the like, working together with onshore Legal, as required, including:

• Contract reviews and negotiation, locally, as well as rolling out global projects into the APAC region, working with the Clients
  
• Managing reviews of new technology driven initiatives under jurisdictions around the region (e.g., electronic signatures, communication tools, use of AI, Blockchain etc.)
  
• Working with the onshore team, researching on, and advising Clients in relation to legal topics and issues around technology and outsourcing regulation, data protection, telecommunications law, intellectual property, contracting, tort, and related areas
  
• Support in management of legal, regulatory and reputational risk in outsourcing and tech-related transactions, in implementation of new technologies (like digitalisation of banking, big data, mobile banking, cloud computing, AI, Blockchain etc.), and in process implementation across 14 jurisdictions
  
• Research on topics relevant for Legal - case laws, court decisions, topical subjects
  
• Regular template updates and knowledge management function
  
• Support and guidance in respect of intragroup documentation
  
• Support of review of transactions in the vendor risk management process
  

Qualification

• Qualified common law jurisdiction lawyer of at least five years PQE
  
• Information technology/ intellectual property law/ outsourcing qualifications and/ or experience
  
• Business fluent English including contract drafting and negotiations
  
• Excellent experience of negotiating and contract law and ideally some knowledge of how banks operate
  
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office
  

Skills & Experience

• A knowledge of outsourcing transactions and the issues facing an organisation during the lifecycle of such transactions
  
• Team player with excellent communication skills, vast creativity and capability to “think out of the box” within a regulated environment
  
• Proactive, motivated, commercial and focused on providing timely and creative and resource-efficient solutions to legal problems
  
• Experience in working with lawyers across different jurisdictions
  
• Willingness to learn new areas of competence and an interest to understand and adapt to new technologies and processes and their legal implementation
  
• Disciplined work using available tools and in accordance with procedures including the ability to prioritize and manage large workloads in a small team
  
• Global perspective on projects while working with other locations and jurisdictions
  

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
  
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
  
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
  
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
  
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
  

About us and our teams Please visit our company website for further information: https://www.db.com/company/company.htm Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer


We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Job Detail

• Job Id
  JD2091686
  
• Industry
  Not mentioned
  
• Total Positions
  1
  
• Job Type:
  Full Time
  
• Salary:
  Not mentioned
  
• Employment Status
  Permanent
  
• Job Location
  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  
• Education
  Not mentioned
  
• Experience
  Year