Legal Counsel

Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Description


Role Responsibilities

Job Summary*

Define key responsibilities to reflect the duties and responsibilities of this role.

\xc2\xb7 To support the Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking (\xe2\x80\x9cCCIB\xe2\x80\x9d) Business and Legal Team and Group Commercial Legal on day to day legal, operational and administration matters as a member of the Legal Centre of Excellence based in Kuala Lumpur.

\xc2\xb7 To promote a culture and practice of good conduct of business and adherence to a standard within the Group

Responsibilities*

\xc2\xb7 To review, advise, draft and negotiate client lending documentation, NDAs and other ancillary client documentation to ensure that they meet the Group\xe2\x80\x99s policies and standards and applicable law, including against internal checklists and liaising with CCIB Business and Legal teams in relation to the same. The scope of the role is global and will cover each of the CCIB Business and Product areas.

\xc2\xb7 To review client lending documentation to ensure that it meets the Group\xe2\x80\x99s policies and standards, including against internal checklists and liaising with CCIB Business and Legal Teams in relation to the same.

\xc2\xb7 To assist with client contractual queries from the CCIB Business and Legal Teams, including contract reviews and research, risk assessments and the preparation of advice and reports.

\xc2\xb7 To collaborate with and assist other legal teams across the Group to ensure appropriate overall matter management, including addressing product-specific considerations and local law requirements. Where external counsel is appointed, to support the management of the engagement.

\xc2\xb7 To analyse potential risks involved with specific contract teams and other risk owners.

\xc2\xb7 To provide stakeholders with accurate and timely information and advice regarding the status of contract matters and other matter reporting.

\xc2\xb7 To assist with continuous improvement initiatives in relation to the contract process, workflow, stakeholder guidance, playbooks and templates.

\xc2\xb7 To keep up to date with relevant Group policies and standards and applicable law.

\xc2\xb7 Responsible for adhering to the Group Contracts Policy, applicable product Legal DOIs and any CCIB Compliance policies and frameworks / playbooks relating to specified client activity.

\xc2\xb7 To support with continuous improvement initiatives in relation to contract processes, workflow, guidance, playbooks and templates and provide training on contract legal issues to legal teams and other stakeholders.

\xc2\xb7 To collaborate and coordinate with other legal teams across the Bank to ensure appropriate overall matter management. Where external counsel is appointed, to manage the engagement, oversee the quality of work and effective delivery of legal support and manage external legal costs.

\xc2\xb7 To support on team management and administration tasks where required

KEY BEHAVIOURS

\xc2\xb7 Regulatory & Business Conduct:

o Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.

o Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

o Taking personal and team responsibility for achieving the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles.

o Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

\xc2\xb7 Governance: establish strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, while independently performing own duties.

\xc2\xb7 Risk management: provide guidance and support on legal and operational risk identification and management.

\xc2\xb7 Commercial: pragmatic, creative and solution-oriented with good judgment and decision-making skills.

\xc2\xb7 Proactive: able to use initiative and ready to identify issues without being asked.

\xc2\xb7 Flexible: able and willing to work long hours and, at short notice, travel to, and work in, challenging environments for periods of time (if required).

\xc2\xb7 Team player: personable, responsible, helpful.

\xc2\xb7 Organised: able to prioritise workload and manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines. Strong attention to detail to highlight potential risks in contracts and errors.

\xc2\xb7 Reliable, tactful, discreet, diplomatic: able to work with staff across varying levels of seniority and from different nationalities and cultures.

\xc2\xb7 Self-motivated: able to operate independently with minimal supervision.

Energetic: enthusiastic about the role, the function and the Group.

Regulatory & Business Conduct *

\xc2\xb7 Display exemplary conduct and live by the .

\xc2\xb7 Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

\xc2\xb7 Lead the function to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles

\xc2\xb7 Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders*

\xc2\xb7 Group CCIB Legal

\xc2\xb7 Country CCIB Legal

Qualifications*

Training, licenses, memberships and certifications

  • Qualified to practice as a solicitor/attorney or barrister/advocate.
  • 5+ years of experience in managing general corporate lending matters in private practice or in-house.
  • Familiarity with LMA/APLMA form of loan
Our Ideal Candidate
  • Powerpoint, Excel
About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD974150
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Education
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