Counsel, Legal Affairs Department (DLA) Click to Apply Ref.No: 145 Division/Department: President/Legal Affairs Department (DLA) Position Type: Professional Job Posted: 02-Feb-2026 Closing Date: 02-Mar-2026, 17:30 (Greece Time) Post Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Appointment Type: Three-year fixed-term appointment (internal candidates holding open-ended appointments will retain their status if they apply)
Position Purpose
Under the overall supervision of the General Counsel and the direct, day to day supervision of the Deputy General Counsel, the Counsel provides legal advice in relation to BSTDBโs lending, investment and funding operations. In doing so, the guiding objective is to uphold best practices throughout BSTDB, to safeguard its interests, and enhance its overall operational efficiency.
Key Functions and Responsibilities
Provides independent, high quality legal advice to ensure the best protection of BSTDBโs interests, including input on policy matters. Facilitates and enhances the business of BSTDB with appropriate legal input and support on all lending, funding and investment operations, including reviews of facility/loan documentation and negotiations with counterparties, underwriters, lead managers and professional advisors. Delivers specialized legal input and support on all funding operations, ensuring that BSTDBโs business objectives are effectively facilitated and legally protected. Provides independent legal advice on treasury funding and capital markets activities, supporting BSTDBโs access to funding while ensuring full legal compliance and effective risk mitigation. Collaborates effectively with, and is responsive to the reasonable requirements of, other departments in order to increase the overall efficiency and productivity of BSTDB. Maintains knowledge of all legal and regulatory developments which might affect BSTDB in order to ensure that it keeps up with the best practices of its peer institutions and that its overall position is as protected and legally safeguarded as possible.Core Competencies:
Professionalism: maintains a level of expertise and professional knowledge commensurate with the respective position and job description, Results orientation: demonstrates ability for achieving results against an internal or external standard of excellence. Communication and interaction with impact: Transfers efficiently and effectively information and messages, wields effective tactics for persuasion. Client/stakeholder orientation โ ensures appropriate service of high standard to internal and/or external customers and develops constructive and sustainable business/ customer relationships. Teamwork: effectively cooperates with others aiming at the achievement of team objectives. Cultural sensitivity/diversity: supports and promotes an environment that holds opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, culture and age. Integrity: maintains standards of objectivity, independence and discretion. Behaves ethically and in consistency with institutional core values. Accountability: exhibits a strong sense of responsibility for oneโs work and resulting consequences. Innovation and change: is open to and applies novel ideas and thinking to improve processes, methods, systems or services. Accepts and adapts to changes. Critical thinking: clarifies goals, examines assumptions, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions.Required Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Desirable Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Some knowledge of the legal framework within which multilateral institutions operate and their relationship with national authorities. An understanding of the legal aspects of BSTDBโs operations, activities, policies and operating procedures. Working knowledge of prevailing international anti-money laundering, sanctions and compliance regimes. Good working knowledge of a language of any BSTDB Member State. Experience in any BSTDB Member State. Experience working in an international development financial institution or as external counsel on transactions involving, or instructed by, international development financial institutions. Capital markets and equity transactions legal experience, including:a) Capital markets transactions such as IPOs, bond issuances, and other securities offerings.
b) Treasury funding operations (syndicated loans, bond issuances) and related legal aspects.
c) Equity participation transactions, including private equity, venture capital, and joint ventures.
Ability to manage clients and operate under pressure in time sensitive scenarios.Minimum Qualification Requirements
For a candidate to participate in the competitive selection for this position, s/he must meet at least the following minimum requirements: