Senior Counsel, Capital Markets & Commodity Derivatives

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What will you do?

• Champions a customer‑focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Provides legal analysis, documentation, negotiation, preparation, review, research and advice and counsel to the Global Banking and Markets (GBM) business line, specifically with respect to commodity derivatives.
• Engages and directs the activity of external counsel. Manages and reviews external counsel’s work product.
• Researches legal issues of substantial complexity on a national or regional basis and researches proposed federal and provincial legislation to evaluate the impact on Scotiabank; informs management on developing legal trends and their impact on operations and recommends courses of action; creates and maintains precedents within the Legal Department and for use by business line partners as appropriate.
• Reviews and proactively advises on ne...