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AVP/VP Legal
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX). Draft, review and negotiate commercial, partnership, collaboration, NDA, MOU, service, grant and donor-funding agreements .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of legal agreements, with a strong focus on compliance, regulatory developments, and strategic legal advice. Proven ability to manage external counsel and oversee complex legal matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Law Degree8+ Years Post-Qualification ExperienceStrong Drafting And Negotiation SkillsNative-Level Proficiency In EnglishExperience Advising Senior Management
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Hard Skills
Drafting And Negotiating AgreementsLegal Documentation For Capital-MarketsAML/KYC ComplianceMulti-Jurisdictional Legal ResearchDispute ManagementContract Repository ManagementLegal Risk AssessmentsCompliance ReviewsDocument ManagementTraining Non-Legal Teams
Soft Skills
Ability To Work IndependentlyCross-Cultural CommunicationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
Legal-Tech ToolsDocument Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Admission As A Lawyer
Industry Keywords
Impact InvestingGender-Lens FinanceClimate FinanceCommercial ContractsEmployment LawBanking LawCross-Border ExpansionRestructuringComplianceRegulatory Developments
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Draft, review and negotiate commercial, partnership, collaboration, NDA, MOU, service, grant and donor-funding agreements
- Lead legal documentation for capital-markets and lending activities, including fund, bond, note, loan, credit, security and term-sheet documentation
- Negotiate directly with counterparties and maintain standard templates, preferred positions and fallback positions
- Draft, review and maintain AML/KYC, anti-bribery and corruption, data protection and safeguarding policies
- Monitor compliance by IIX and third parties
- Track regulatory developments across relevant jurisdictions and lead legal risk assessments and compliance reviews
- Support entity set-up, relocation and restructuring as IIX expands into new markets
- Conduct multi-jurisdictional legal research and provide practical guidance
- Advise leadership on strategic matters, new products and market entry
- Select, instruct and manage external counsel, including scoping work and controlling legal spend
- Manage disputes and pre-litigation matters and oversee litigation strategy and counsel
- Own the contract repository, template library and approval workflow
- Use document-management and legal-tech tools to improve turnaround and record-keeping
- Build playbooks and run training for non-legal teams
Requirements
What you’ll need- Law degree and admission as a lawyer in your jurisdiction
- 8+ years’ post-qualification experience
- Experience at a leading law firm, in-house at a bank, fund, DFI or impact organization, or a combination
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills across commercial contracts, employment law and finance or credit documentation, including loans, bonds and security
- Working knowledge of the laws of at least one of Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States
- Track record managing external counsel, disputes or cross-border expansion and restructuring
- Experience advising senior management directly, with some litigation exposure
- Demonstrated ability to work across cultures and handle complex issues without clear answers
- Native-level proficiency in English
- Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume, multi-jurisdiction workload with little supervision
- Interest in impact investing, gender-lens and climate finance
- CV, brief cover note and short redacted drafting sample required for application
Benefits
Comp & perks- Opportunity for professional growth within a pioneering sustainable finance institution
- Work at the intersection of law, finance, and impact
- Join a diverse and mission-aligned team reshaping capital markets
- Gain experience in global, cross-sector legal and credit documentation practices
- Equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive team