Corporate - Asset/Investment Management Attorney / …, Singapore

Job Title: AVP/VP Group Legal & Compliance-Global Financial Markets

• Provide primary legal and compliance support to the fund structuring/management business in Global Financial Markets (GFM).
• Assist and advise GFM on the setup and ongoing regulatory obligations of various asset management entities, including Variable Capital Companies (VCCs), unit trust structures, and other fund structures.
• Review and approve legal documents, including bank product and customer documentation, and identify, advise on, and manage legal and compliance risks associated with the operation of the fund structuring/management business.
• Prepare and update standard form documentation and structured product documentation, such as the private product memorandum, termsheet, subscription agreement, and other ancillary agreements, ensuring they are suitable for use by the business.
• Ensure that relevant legal and regulatory requirements are well understood by the business and reflected in documentation and internal procedures.
• Recommend, supervise, and manage external lawyers to ensure high‑quality, focused advice is received at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner to protect the bank’s interests.
• Review new products and other business initiatives, such as new business initiatives and new transaction structures, and consider the impact of relevant rules and regulations on the business and Legal & Compliance.
• Provide general legal and compliance advice, guidance, and solutions on legal and regulatory issues to the business.
• Review the impact of new or amended regulations impacting the fund structuring/management business in GFM and provide advisory and implementation support to the Fund Structuring Desk, where relevant.

Provide secondary advisory legal support with respect to other sales and structuring desks in GFM: Provide sales and structuring desks in GFM with prompt, sound, and consistent legal and regulatory advice concerning the structuring and sale of products, including funded and unfunded, OTC and cleared, across all asset classes such as foreign exchange, interest rates, commodities (including carbon), credit, equities, and crypto, as well as sales practices.

• Provide responsive, sound, coherent, and consistent legal advice on legal, regulatory, and contractual issues to internal clients, including the front, middle, and back offices of the business.
• Establish, review, and update internal rules, policies, and guidelines to meet best‑practice regulatory and industry standards for managing legal and documentary risks, and compliance with regulatory requirements relevant to the fund structuring/management business.
• Stay updated on regulatory changes and developments in Singapore and globally that impact GFM, particularly its fund structuring/management business, to work collaboratively with Compliance colleagues to provide holistic advice covering both legal and compliance aspects.
• Maintain strong internal relationships, acting as a professional and value‑adding partner with the business and support units.
• Embrace multi‑disciplinary capabilities and the expansion of skillsets enabled by GenAI, digital tools, data, and agile ways of working.

• At least 5-10 years of post‑qualification relevant experience with a fund management company, financial institution, or in private practice.
• Qualified lawyer of the UK or Singapore.

• Communication skills with the ability to clearly and diplomatically articulate issues, solutions, and rationales.
• Critical thinking with good problem‑solving skills; results‑oriented to ensure sound implementation of controls and compliance processes/procedures.
• Ability to analyze financial markets transactions and consider the application of relevant regulations and rules.
• Team player who can work with a varied group of legal and compliance professionals and yet is self‑driven and able to work independently.
• Flexibility in learning and adapting to Legal & Compliance’s new multi‑disciplinary way of working.

• Expertise and experience with the establishment of funds, particularly VCCs, and the issuance of fund products, either in‑house or at a major law firm.
• Expertise and experience with derivatives and/or structured products, either in‑house or at a major law firm, would be preferred.
• Strong awareness of regulations/laws such as MAS Notices, Banking Act, Companies Act, Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, VCC Act, and Code of Collective Investment Schemes in Singapore, regionally, and globally.
• Comprehensive product knowledge together with a good understanding of relevant financial services and investment banking activities would be helpful.

• Reporting to Senior Vice President, Group Legal & Compliance – GFM.
• Collaborate and work with GFM Legal & Compliance colleagues and Business Units/Support Units, and other colleagues in Legal & Compliance in Singapore and overseas.
• Collaborate and work with stakeholders from GFM, particularly the Fund Structuring Desk.
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with regulators.

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