Legal Advisor in Brussel

Legal advisor – corporate law

Contract of indefinite time , full time, Brussels

Your role & work environment

Your role is to advise and support ING Belgium and affiliated companies in fulfilling their corporate law obligations. You will furthermore help ING Belgium to assure compliance with ING Group’s corporate and governance programs and policies.

You will be part of a team of 7 colleagues, the General Legal & Corporate Affairs team, reporting to the Head of General Legal Affairs. This team is part of the General Legal Affairs team at ING Belgium’s Legal Department.

Your key responsibilities

Together with other legal experts and advisors, you will provide legal advice and assist the relevant business stakeholders in the following areas:

• for ING Belgium and subsidiaries: corporate structuring and implementation (changes in corporate structure, share transfers, dissolutions, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures etc.);
• regulatory aspects of existing and new business activities and financial supervision regulation (including Belgian bank law, prudential supervision, etc);
• corporate programs such as Control Legal Entities, MSProxies, CRS/FATCA;
• strategic projects with respect to ING Belgiums’ Innovation / thinkforward strategy;
• business support to other sections of the Legal Department or to other internal departments or ING entities on Belgian company law;
• legal claims with respect to the above, if any.
• Maintenance, drafting and review of legal corporate and governance documentation of ING Belgium
• legal support to business and lawyers working on corporate transactions
• corporate housekeeping in general (preparation, drafting and review of corporate legal documents, corporate filings and registrations, interaction with notaries, registries and regulators, drafting minutes of board meetings, committees and general assemblies, proxies, …)
• responsible for the revision, execution and follow-up of  legal, statutory and regulatory documentation
• responding to the day-to-day queries with respect to ING Belgium and its’ subsidiaries corporate administration
• regulatory watch and implementation of new corporate & governance regulation

You will collaborate intensively with other legal colleagues in Belgium and abroad and with the supported businesses (both commercial colleagues and staff departments such as corporate administration, innovation / transformation office, etc.). You will assist regularly to internal and external meetings within your area of expertise.

Your main focus is on corporate matters, but you have the right mindset and the ability to look at a project from a broader perspective and are ready to develop your knowledge in order to be able to deliver support that goes beyond.

We look for

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a legal expert you also have/are :

-             excellent analytical, researching, drafting and negotiation skills

-             strong interpersonal and communication skills and you are a real team player

-             solution oriented, creative, courageous, with a real can-do mentality

-             energized, open minded, willing to learn and stress resistant
-             a master in law degree

-             experience in company law and regulatory domains (strong asset, not a prerequisite)

-             active, passive and written knowledge of Dutch, English and French

We offer you  

A clear purpose, a unique offer and a range of flexible compensation and other benefits:

• Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
• An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours
• A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention
• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues and stakeholders in an international environment 
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.

Furthermore, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth, with the possibility to work closely to the top management of ING Belgium, in close collaboration with all relevant internal and external stakeholders, and with continued interaction within the Legal Department and the Corporate Administration team colleagues.

We work on challenging projects allowing you to practice your talents and further develop your skills.

If this is the environment you thrive in, then apply and join us in changing the future of banking !