General Secretary Lawyer

We are looking for a lawyer to join the team, with between 3 and 5 years of experience, preferably acquired at a top-tier law firm and with experience or specialization in financial, banking, and/or financial regulation law.

The role requires solid legal and analytical capacity, as well as the ability to operate in complex transactions and specialized international regulatory environments. Their main responsibilities will include:

• Education: Degree in Law. Additional specialized training in banking and financial law, capital markets, financial regulation, or related subjects will be valued. Practicing lawyer.
• Experience: Between 3 and 5 years of professional experience as a lawyer, preferably acquired at a top-tier law firm. Experience in financial and banking law, capital markets, and/or regulation of credit institutions will be especially valued.
• Languages: High level of English, minimum C1, with the necessary ability to work regularly with legal and financial documentation in English and operate in an international environment.

• Solid capacity for legal analysis and reasoning.
• Knowledge of or interest in financial, banking, and regulatory law.
• Ability to understand and analyze complex financial transactions.
• Excellent legal drafting skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret regulatory developments and assess their impact on the entity.
• Ability to interface with business areas, Finance, governing bodies, supervisors, and external advisors.
• Organizational skills and the ability to simultaneously manage different transactions and matters.
• Rigor, autonomy, confidentiality, and results orientation.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and in international environments.
• Experience or knowledge in the use of Artificial Intelligence solutions applied to the legal and financial field will be valued.

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Learn more about the area:

BBVA's General Secretariat is the area responsible for ensuring the proper functioning of corporate governance, guaranteeing that the Bank's actions align with applicable regulations and the principles of integrity, transparency, and responsibility.

Likewise, the area provides specialized legal advice on financial and regulatory matters to BBVA's governing bodies and the Finance area. From this position, the team participates in financial transactions of special relevance to the entity and in the analysis and implementation of the regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions.

Its activity covers, among other matters, capital markets, securitization transactions, capital and shareholder remuneration, as well as regulation regarding solvency, liquidity, and resolution. Likewise, the team performs continuous monitoring of national and international regulatory developments that may have an impact on BBVA.

Legal advice to BBVA's governing bodies, particularly in relation to agreements of a financial nature submitted to the General Shareholders' Meeting, the Board of Directors, and its Committees. This will include the preparation and drafting of the corresponding documentation, the review of complementary documentation, and advice on associated legal-financial issues.

Continuous legal-financial advice to the Finance area, especially in transactions and matters related to:

• Capital markets, including issuances of financial and equity instruments in different jurisdictions—including Spain, Ireland, and the United States—as well as the legal structuring of transactions and the preparation and review of the corresponding documentation.
• Securitization transactions of BBVA and other Group companies, both traditional and synthetic.
• Capital and transactions related to shareholder remuneration.
• Regulation of solvency, liquidity, and resolution of credit institutions.
• Treasury operations.
• Legal matters related to investor relations activity.

Monitoring and analysis of regulatory developments, especially regarding capital markets, solvency, and the resolution of credit institutions, evaluating their potential impact for BBVA.

Participation in regulatory consultation and development processes, contributing to the preparation of comments and positions on regulatory proposals through the organizations and associations in which the entity participates, such as AEB, EBF, or AFME.

Coordination with other Group areas and external advisors, working in a multidisciplinary and international environment to respond to transactions and legal matters of high complexity.

Business (Corporate) Law, English Language