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Investment Bank CIB Legal Function under DORA and CSDDD
An integrated legal function playbook for investment bank Corporate and Institutional Banking divisions in 2026: EU DORA legal-function obligations, EU CSDDD legal-function obligations, customer-side contract framework, legal-function operations modernisation.
Vice Presidents in CIB legal functions face an integrated 2026 conversation. EU DORA legal-function obligations, EU CSDDD legal-function obligations, customer-side contract framework, legal-function operations modernisation. The course delivers the integrated playbook.
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Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.
Why this course
Vice Presidents in investment bank Corporate and Institutional Banking legal functions face an integrated 2026 conversation. EU DORA legal-function obligations are now in enforcement across the bank's CIB footprint. EU CSDDD legal-function obligations are stacking through 2026 with first-year reporting cycles in flight. The customer-side contract framework needs to reflect the post-CRR-3 capital framework. The legal-function operations modernisation is the new conversation across CIB legal departments. The default CIB legal function handles each pressure as a separate workstream and the General Counsel sees fragmented progress.
The course works through the integrated playbook. The EU DORA legal-function obligations framework. The EU CSDDD legal-function obligations framework. The customer-side contract framework under post-CRR-3. The legal-function operations modernisation framework. The customer-side third-party-risk integration. The customer-side compliance integration. The customer-side AI use-case integration. The customer-side data-protection integration. The customer-side litigation-management integration. The General Counsel reporting framework. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built playbook for your specific CIB legal function.
What you walk away with
- A documented EU DORA legal-function obligations framework.
- An EU CSDDD legal-function obligations framework.
- A customer-side contract framework under post-CRR-3.
- A legal-function operations modernisation framework.
- A customer-side third-party-risk integration.
- A customer-side compliance integration.
- A General Counsel reporting framework.
- A 10-week build plan.
The 12 modules
Module 1. The 2026 CIB legal function landscape
Walkthrough of the 2026 CIB legal function landscape. The EU DORA enforcement status. The EU CSDDD enforcement status. The post-CRR-3 capital framework status. The competitive landscape across investment bank CIB legal functions. The strategic decisions a CIB legal VP faces in 12-month modernisation programme planning. The friction profile that slows legal-function modernisation.
Module 2. EU DORA legal-function obligations framework
Build the EU DORA legal-function obligations framework. The ICT-third-party-services contract-clause framework under article 28-29. The customer-side third-party-risk-management integration. The customer-side exit-strategy clause framework. The customer-side concentration-risk clause framework. The customer-side sub-outsourcing clause framework. The integration with the customer's existing contract-management cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's first DORA-aligned ICT-third-party contract renewal.
Module 3. EU CSDDD legal-function obligations framework
Build the EU CSDDD legal-function obligations framework. The customer-side supplier-due-diligence-clause framework. The customer-side complaint-mechanism-clause framework. The customer-side remediation-clause framework. The customer-side reporting-clause framework. The integration with the customer's existing procurement-contract cadence. The integration with the customer's existing supplier-relationship-management cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's first CSDDD-aligned supplier contract.
Module 4. Customer-side contract framework under post-CRR-3
Build the customer-side contract framework under post-CRR-3. The customer-side credit-agreement framework. The customer-side ISDA framework. The customer-side syndicated-lending framework. The customer-side structured-finance framework. The integration with the customer's existing trading-and-capital-markets cadence. Plus the worked example for a customer's first post-CRR-3 contract framework refresh across the bank's CIB book.
Module 5. Legal-function operations modernisation
Build the legal-function operations modernisation framework. The matter-management platform integration. The contract-lifecycle-management platform integration. The legal-spend-management platform integration. The legal-knowledge-management integration. The legal-operations cadence integration. The integration with the customer's existing legal-operations function. Plus the worked example for the customer's first 12 months of legal-function operations modernisation.
Module 6. Customer-side third-party-risk integration
Build the customer-side third-party-risk integration. The customer's existing TPRM framework integration. The customer's existing vendor-onboarding cadence integration. The customer's existing supplier-monitoring cadence integration. The customer's existing supplier-offboarding cadence integration. The integration with the customer's existing risk-management committee cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical third-party-risk landscape.
Module 7. Customer-side compliance integration
Build the customer-side compliance integration. The customer's existing AML framework integration. The customer's existing sanctions framework integration. The customer's existing market-conduct framework integration. The customer's existing customer-protection framework integration. The customer's existing fiduciary-duty framework integration. The customer's existing fair-dealing framework integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical compliance cadence.
Module 8. Customer-side AI use-case integration
Build the customer-side AI use-case integration. The customer's existing AI governance committee integration. The customer's existing EU AI Act high-risk classification integration. The customer's existing model risk management framework integration. The customer's existing AI use-case taxonomy integration. The integration with the customer's existing legal-function AI use cases (matter management, contract review, document review). Plus the worked example for the customer's first three legal-function AI use cases.
Module 9. Customer-side data-protection integration
Build the customer-side data-protection integration. The customer's existing GDPR framework integration. The customer's existing cross-border data-transfer framework integration. The customer's existing privacy-impact-assessment framework integration. The customer's existing data-subject-rights framework integration. The customer's existing data-retention framework integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical data-protection cadence.
Module 10. Customer-side litigation-management integration
Build the customer-side litigation-management integration. The customer's existing litigation-management platform integration. The customer's existing matter-management platform integration. The customer's existing eDiscovery platform integration. The customer's existing external-counsel-management framework integration. The customer's existing budget-management cadence integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical litigation-management landscape.
Module 11. General Counsel reporting framework
Build the General Counsel reporting framework. The integrated legal-function dashboard. The risk-and-issue framework. The cost-tracking framework. The matter-tracking framework. The integration with the customer's existing General Counsel cadence. The integration with the customer's existing board cadence. Plus the worked example for the General Counsel briefing pack.
Module 12. Your 10-week build plan
Week by week. Weeks 1-2: landscape and EU DORA legal-function obligations framework. Weeks 3-4: EU CSDDD legal-function obligations and customer-side contract framework. Weeks 5-6: legal-function operations modernisation and third-party-risk integration. Weeks 7-8: compliance integration, AI use-case integration, data-protection integration. Weeks 9-10: litigation-management integration, General Counsel reporting framework. Deliverable: an integrated CIB legal function playbook ready for the next 12-month modernisation programme.
How this addresses your situation
Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.
DORA obligations → Module 2.
CSDDD obligations → Module 3.
Post-CRR-3 contracts → Module 4.
Legal-ops modernisation → Module 5.
TPRM → Module 6.
Compliance → Module 7.
AI use cases → Module 8.
Data protection → Module 9.
Litigation management → Module 10.
GC reporting → Module 11.
What you get with this course
- The 12-module course delivered as text plus downloadable templates.
- Templates and worked examples for every module.
- A hand-built playbook generated for your specific CIB legal function.
- Three reference engagements from peer CIB legal functions.
- Scripted talking points for the customer General Counsel engagement.
What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1
Day 1: EU DORA legal-function obligations framework scaffold drafted.
Week 4: EU CSDDD and post-CRR-3 contract framework designed.
Week 8: Legal-function operations modernisation, third-party-risk integration, compliance, AI use-cases operational.
Week 10: Playbook ready for next 12-month programme.
Before and after
Before
Each pressure handled separately. General Counsel sees fragmented progress. Legal function lags behind business demand.
After
Integrated playbook. General Counsel sees coherent progress. Legal function leads business demand.
What happens if you do not address this
EU DORA and CSDDD enforcement cadence does not pause. CIB legal functions that handle these as fragmented workstreams compound regulatory risk into 2027.
Who it is for
For Vice Presidents in CIB legal functions at investment banks, principal legal consultants serving investment bank legal departments, senior legal counsel at peer investment banks, and senior legal-operations leaders at investment bank legal functions.
Who this is NOT for. Pure non-investment-banking practitioners. Practitioners with no CIB legal context. Pure non-legal roles.
How it arrives
Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built playbook.
Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of build effort across the 10-week plan.
Why $199 is the right number
External CIB legal-function modernisation consultants charge from 200,000 to 1,500,000 EUR for integrated programmes. 199 USD buys the focused playbook and the implementation document for your CIB legal function.
FAQ
Does this cover commercial banking legal functions?
Partially. Module 4 covers commercial banking adjacency.
What about wealth-management legal functions?
Module 7 covers wealth-management adjacency.
Does this cover asset-management legal functions?
Module 7 covers asset-management adjacency.
What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?
Playbook tuned to your specific CIB legal function, contract framework matched to your bank's contract portfolio, General Counsel reporting pre-loaded with your typical cadence.
30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.
