Legal Advisor (MiFID)

At ING we are looking for a Legal Advisor (MiFID)

Your role and work environment:

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Legal Advisor to join our Retail Banking Legal Team. This position involves assisting the head of the department, team members and internal clients to ensure legal risks in ING’s operations are identified and mitigated.

ING's strategy is focused on providing excellent service to our customers and delivering stable growth with strong profitability. We constantly seek decisive and enthusiastic people who want to work with one of the leading financial institutions worldwide, recognized for offering to its customers some of the market's most relevant and innovative financial products.

Your key responsibilities:

As a Legal Advisor you will:

• Provide expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risks of the relevant area are identified, reported and mitigated.

• To act as advisor and lawyer to the retail banking business, working closely with the relevant areas.

• To contribute, advise and support business colleagues across product lines identifying, formulating, coordinating and communicating policies, procedures and controls to ensure that ING’s exposure to legal risk is effectively managed.

• To engage external counsel and review external counsel’s advice and documents.

What are we looking for?

Want to know if this job is made for you? These are some of the qualities that we value the most for this role. And if the shoe fits… don’t hesitate to apply!

•          Degree in Law from an accredited institution and qualified to work as lawyer in Spain.

•          3 to 5 years of relevant experience working at a law firm, fintech and/or financial institution with regulatory exposure.

•          Essential regulatory expertise: banking, , investment products,  and KYC.

•          Desirable expertise fields: digital, innovation, lending, data protection, and PSD2,

•          Draft, review, manage and negotiate a wide variety of commercial/outsourcing agreements, while considering the regulatory requirements applicable to credit entities.

•          Providing practical and solution-driven legal advice on all matters relevant to banking, MiFID regulation.

•          Stay up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations related to the banking business.

•          Self-starter with good drafting skills, used to managing transactions to completion and participating in the negotiation of deals to execution.

•          Strong organizational and prioritization skills; ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

•          Proven ability to meet stringent deadlines and adapt to changing priorities, operating in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

•          Fluent English (including drafting legal documents) is a must.

•          Readiness to face a changing environment and proactive attitude towards new challenges.

What do we offer?

The time you spend at work, the challenges you face or the lessons you get are very important, but… What about your personal life? At ING we want your work to fulfill you in every way, and that is why we take care of even the smallest details.

Check out what is waiting for you!

Flexible schedule and 100% flexible e-working.

Work or e-work? We have a totally flexible model: keeping both our customers and your colleagues in mind, you can choose the one that best suits you all.

Restaurant card.

So that thinking about what to have for lunch doesn’t take up your time or your cravings.

Our house will be your home.

In our offices you can find electric mobility solutions, doctor, hairdresser, gym, urban orchard, The Good Service (to help you with your errands) and much more!

Life insurance.

We hope you don't need to use it!

Health insurance.

For you and all your family (spouse/partner and children).

Flexible remuneration.

In addition, you will enjoy our flexible remuneration model, through which you can access other services such as nursery, transport card, training aids…

Free company shuttle.

It doesn't matter where you live. We have 6 routes (North, Central, South, A5, A42 and A6) to get you to our ING office in Madrid comfortably.

Banking benefits.

Special loan or mortgage terms after 6 months working at the bank.

And you can benefit from our pension plan after 2 years with us.

More health, more sports.

Runners club with your own trainer.

Clinics with professional, world-class athletes.

Physiotherapy service on site.

Gympass service.

Get to know Us

We are a team of more than 1000 people sharing one idea: doing our bit in helping our clients create a better future for themselves, by providing them with the tools they need to get where they want to go.

A fully online bank where technology, innovation, simplicity and transparency are the main ingredients, and the first one to work with agile methodologies.

And although we are based in Spain, we are lucky to work with international and diverse teams every day across 44 countries.

Making things happen, helping others be successful, always being one step ahead—that’s our DNA. If you look at yourself in the mirror and your reflection matches our way of being and working…we are looking forward to meeting you!