Finance - Financial Services Regulation Attorney​/Finance - Structured Finance Attorney​/Fina

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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 set‑up 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 (including the private product memorandum, termsheet, subscription agreement, and other ancillary agreements) for use by the business, together with related guidance notes and other advisory materials for new and existing products.
• Ensure that the relevant legal and regulatory requirements are well understood by the business and are reflected in the relevant documentation and internal procedures.
• Recommend, supervise, and manage external lawyers to ensure high‑quality and focused advice is received at reasonable cost and in a timely manner to protect the bank’s interests.
• Review new products and other business initiatives (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 in relation to (1) the structuring and sale of products (including funded and unfunded, OTC and cleared) in respect of all asset classes (foreign exchange, interest rates, commodities (including carbon), credit, equities, and crypto) and (2) sales practices.

• Provide responsive, sound, coherent, and consistent legal advice on legal, regulatory, and contractual issues to internal clients (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 the management of legal and documentary risks and compliance with regulatory requirements relevant to the fund structuring/management business.
• Keep up-to-date on any regulatory changes and developments in Singapore and globally that have an impact on GFM (in particular on its fund structuring/management business), in order to work together with Compliance colleagues to provide more 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 expansion of skillsets, enabled by GenAI, digital tools, data, and agile way of working.

• At least 5–10 years of post‑qualification relevant experience with a fund management company, financial institution, or in private practice.

• Communication skills with the ability to clearly and diplomatically articulate issues, solutions, and rationales.
• Ability to think critically 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 together with a varied group of legal and compliance professionals and yet 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…