The Dexia Group, a former banking group under orderly resolution since 2012, with its main establishments in Brussels and Paris and branches in Ireland, the United States and Rome, is looking for a junior legal specialist for its Rome branch. The junior legal specialist will be tasked with managing transactions and relationships with Italian public-sector institutions, including related disputes.  This post based in Rome is for a temporary contract. Compensation will be commensurate with the past relevant experience that the candidate brings to the position. The junior legal specialist will: - support the local legal counsel ·       in managing complex disputes involving the Italian and UK judicial authorities, in relation to financing and swap transactions with Italian public-sector institutions. ·       in managing relationships with external lawyers. ·       in assessing the legal impacts of the activities carried out by the branch. - provide internal reporting on status of disputes. - prepare supporting documentation for the branch’s decision-making bodies and central bodies relating to matters within the branch’s remit. - help to ensure that all legal acts connected with the branch’s activities are correct in both substance and form and are compliant with laws and regulations.