Job Description

Salary Market Aligned

Location Kuala Lumpur FULL_TIME

Consultant Kimmy Khoo

Job Ref EPI8V0-1C0AE440

Date posted 20 July 2023 kuala-lumpur legal/banking-finance 2023-07-20 2023-09-18 legal Kuala Lumpur MY Robert Walters https://www.robertwalters.com.my https://www.robertwalters.com.my/content/dam/robert-walters/global/images/logos/web-logos/square-logo.png true

One of the leading international financial institutions is seeking a high-calibre Legal Counsel (Business Technology/Banking) to join their corporate, commercial and institutional banking legal team based in Kuala Lumpur.

About the Legal Counsel (Business Technology/Banking) Role:
This role focuses on delivering legal advice and support to review, draft and negotiate group technology or banking commercial contracts across a global footprint.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing, drafting, advising, negotiating and/or vetting global contracts (technology or banking related to client lending documentation)
• Analysing potential risks involved with specific contract teams and other risk owners, rendering accurate and timely advice and information to stakeholders, as well as keeping the management abreast of relevant and latest policies, procedures, and applicable laws
• 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
• Collaborate and coordinate with other legal teams 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
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters and embed the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct

To succeed in this role, you will need to be able to lead, structure and execute a wide variety of technology or banking transactions with a strong emphasis on internal and external stakeholder management.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum of five years PQE (experience in the banking industry whether through in-house or private practice is preferred but not mandatory)
• Experience in managing general corporate lending matters with familiarity in LMA/APLMA form of loan documentation
• Good knowledge and understanding of technology and commercial contract requirements including intellectual property and data protection. Experience of outsourcing is preferred but not essential
• Demonstrated awareness of current technology and innovation trends (preferably in the financial industry) such as API, blockchain, digital platforms, virtual and digital banking and other FinTech initiatives as well experience in traditional technology procurement topics such as IP, cloud, e-commerce, data privacy, information security
• Adept at reviewing contracts using contract templates and/or using contract guidance/playbooks and drafting contract terms to meet requirements.
• Understands risk management techniques

This financial institution is nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. It questions the status quo, loves a challenge and enjoys finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. The scope of the offer, the size of business, the freedom and autonomy to drive your career forward all adds up to a great place to work.

If you have exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience and looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, this is the role for you. Great career progression opportunities await the right person in this exciting Legal Counsel (Business Technology/Banking) role.

Robert Walters