**Lawyer**
**Legal Office – Head Office, Tirana**
**Position Purpose**
To provide legal advice and assistance to the Bank’s organizational units in support of its business and operational activities, ensuring compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory framework and safeguarding the Bank’s interests in contractual relationships, court proceedings, and other legal matters.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Provide legal assistance and advice regarding the Bank’s products, services, projects, and initiatives.
2. Draft, review, and negotiate banking and commercial contracts, as well as other legal documentation.
3. Prepare legal opinions and legal risk assessments to support decision-making processes of both business and non-business functions.
4. Represent the Bank in judicial and administrative proceedings and before public authorities and institutions, and prepare the relevant procedural documentation.
5. Manage and address complaints of a legal nature.
6. Provide legal support in lending processes, procurement activities, disposal of the Bank’s assets and properties, and other processes carrying legal implications.
7. Monitor legal and regulatory developments and assess their impact on the Bank’s activities.
**Required Experience**
1. A minimum of
**five (5) years of professional experience**
in law firms, audit/consulting firms, banking and financial institutions, public institutions, or government agencies involved in investment and development projects.
2. Experience in civil, commercial, banking, financial, and administrative law will be considered an advantage.
3. Experience with legislation and judicial practice relating to the following areas is preferred:
- Ownership rights over movable and immovable property;
- Obligations and contracts;
- Financial and banking services;
- Digital services and products.
1. Sound knowledge of civil and administrative judicial procedures and practice is essential.
**Required Competencies**
1. In-depth knowledge of civil, commercial, banking, financial, property, obligations and contract law, as well as civil and administrative procedure.
2. Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, including the ability to prepare well-reasoned legal opinions.
3. Strong legal research skills and the ability to analyze case law and judicial practice.
4. Ability to identify, assess, and propose solutions to legal risks.
5. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
6. Ability to manage a substantial workload within tight deadlines and in a dynamic environment.
7. High standards of professional integrity, ethics, discretion, and initiative.
**Formal Requirements**
1. University Degree in
**Law**
and a
**Master of Science in Law**
. A GPA above
**8.5**
is preferred.
2. Excellent command of the English language; knowledge of Italian will be considered an advantage.
3. An active Attorney-at-Law License will be considered a significant advantage.
4. Applicants must not have been dismissed from prior employment for disciplinary reasons.
5. Applicants must not be and must not have previously been subject to criminal proceedings resulting in a final criminal conviction.
**Required Documentation**
Interested candidates should submit:
1. A detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV).
2. Copies of university diplomas and academic transcripts.
3. Two (2) reference letters from the current and/or former employer(s), including updated contact details.
4. Samples of legal work personally prepared by the candidate, such as:
- Statements of claim;
- Legal opinions;
- Complex contracts; or
- Other relevant legal instruments.
1. A copy of the Attorney-at-Law License (if applicable).
**Legal Office – Head Office, Tirana**
**Position Purpose**
To provide legal advice and assistance to the Bank’s organizational units in support of its business and operational activities, ensuring compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory framework and safeguarding the Bank’s interests in contractual relationships, court proceedings, and other legal matters.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Provide legal assistance and advice regarding the Bank’s products, services, projects, and initiatives.
2. Draft, review, and negotiate banking and commercial contracts, as well as other legal documentation.
3. Prepare legal opinions and legal risk assessments to support decision-making processes of both business and non-business functions.
4. Represent the Bank in judicial and administrative proceedings and before public authorities and institutions, and prepare the relevant procedural documentation.
5. Manage and address complaints of a legal nature.
6. Provide legal support in lending processes, procurement activities, disposal of the Bank’s assets and properties, and other processes carrying legal implications.
7. Monitor legal and regulatory developments and assess their impact on the Bank’s activities.
**Required Experience**
1. A minimum of
**five (5) years of professional experience**
in law firms, audit/consulting firms, banking and financial institutions, public institutions, or government agencies involved in investment and development projects.
2. Experience in civil, commercial, banking, financial, and administrative law will be considered an advantage.
3. Experience with legislation and judicial practice relating to the following areas is preferred:
- Ownership rights over movable and immovable property;
- Obligations and contracts;
- Financial and banking services;
- Digital services and products.
1. Sound knowledge of civil and administrative judicial procedures and practice is essential.
**Required Competencies**
1. In-depth knowledge of civil, commercial, banking, financial, property, obligations and contract law, as well as civil and administrative procedure.
2. Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, including the ability to prepare well-reasoned legal opinions.
3. Strong legal research skills and the ability to analyze case law and judicial practice.
4. Ability to identify, assess, and propose solutions to legal risks.
5. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
6. Ability to manage a substantial workload within tight deadlines and in a dynamic environment.
7. High standards of professional integrity, ethics, discretion, and initiative.
**Formal Requirements**
1. University Degree in
**Law**
and a
**Master of Science in Law**
. A GPA above
**8.5**
is preferred.
2. Excellent command of the English language; knowledge of Italian will be considered an advantage.
3. An active Attorney-at-Law License will be considered a significant advantage.
4. Applicants must not have been dismissed from prior employment for disciplinary reasons.
5. Applicants must not be and must not have previously been subject to criminal proceedings resulting in a final criminal conviction.
**Required Documentation**
Interested candidates should submit:
1. A detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV).
2. Copies of university diplomas and academic transcripts.
3. Two (2) reference letters from the current and/or former employer(s), including updated contact details.
4. Samples of legal work personally prepared by the candidate, such as:
- Statements of claim;
- Legal opinions;
- Complex contracts; or
- Other relevant legal instruments.
1. A copy of the Attorney-at-Law License (if applicable).
