Vice President/Director, Legal Department (Structured Debt)

Job Responsibilities:

 

• Legal advisory:

• Providing legal support and advice on structuring, negotiation and execution of transactions undertaken by the Bank’s Asia Structured Debt Vertical (ASDV). ASDV is group within the Bank that covers Structured Finance Dept, Specialised Products Dept, Loan Capital Markets Dept and Transportation Dept.
• Transactions undertaken by ASDV include acquisition and leveraged finance, sponsor finance, financial advisory, debt/corporate/project/infrastructure/asset finance. 

 

• Transactional support:

• Partner with external counsel and manage legal risks;
• Serve as trusted legal advisor to ASDV business
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including transaction management teams from the Front office and Compliance, Risk, Credit and Operations teams.

 

• Supporting the Bank and internal stakeholders on legal and regulatory matters including:

• Advising on legal aspects of credit & lending, litigation and other sensitive matters.
• Advising on customer documentation, new products and structures for financing and other transactions and services offered/entered into by the Bank.
• Drafting, updating, improving and maintaining agreements, standard templates, framework, guidance notes and other legal documents for the Bank and to conduct internal trainings.
• Reviewing agreements, NDAs, mandate letters, loan trading documentation, customer onboarding terms and other contracts to be entered into by Bank and advising and negotiating on behalf of the Bank.
• Advising Bank on laws and regulations affecting the Bank and coordinating with Compliance and other internal stakeholders on implementation.
• Co-ordinating legal matters with other offices under APAC where necessary. Assisting Head of Legal in managing, coordinating and rolling-out initiatives involving legal teams across Asia Pacific Division.
• Projects, initiatives and matters as may be assigned by Head of Legal from time to time.

 

 

 

Qualifications/Requirements:

 

• Good Law degree from a recognized university and admitted to practice in a common law jurisdiction (e.g. Singapore, the UK).
• Qualified lawyer with at least 8-14 years of post-qualification experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal dept in financial services.
• Strong knowledge and experience in investment banking, corporate banking/leveraged/sponsor finance, credit & lending, capital markets legal work.
• Proven ability to manage complex transactions and provide strategic legal advice and practical solutions while balancing risks.
• Excellent communication, analytical, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Able to balance risks and commercial considerations and provide sound and practical legal advice
• Able to work independently and exercise sound legal judgment.
• Confident and meticulous and able to work in fast-paced environment.
• Proactive and growth-minded.