Legal Counsel - Capital Markets

Responsibilities

• Providing legal support to management and business units regarding applicable laws and regulations and participate in new business processes with the business and risk areas.
• Handling investment banking ECM, DCM and M&A transactions, and reviewing and negotiating contracts and legal documents.
• Developing and maintaining a strong awareness of legal and regulatory matters within the company by updating management and employees on legal related matters.
• Putting in place appropriate training and creating new policies and procedures to reflect the changes or updating existing ones, which includes changes to financial services regulation.
• Exercising sound business and legal judgment and demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism when dealing with clients and colleagues.
• Providing legal advice, and daily support to different business units within the Singapore and other Southeast Asia offices.
• Provide support to legal colleagues in Singapore office on other areas of work including but not limited to equities trading, FICC, wealth management and employment law matters.
• Work with legal teams in other jurisdictions.

Requirements

• Exposure to capital markets, IPO, M&A and other investment banking products and private equity work.
• Experience in secondary market work such as equities trading, FICC and wealth management is a plus.
• Familiar with Singapore laws and regulations.
• Good working attitude, team player, and able to work well and respond promptly under pressure.
• Highly responsible, diligent, with strong integrity and professional ethics.
• Minimum 5 PQE in leading investment banks or capital market law firms in Singapore.
• Singapore qualified lawyer.