Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

• Provide transactional legal support for GCM Lending and Leveraged Acquisition Finance matters throughout the Group’s offices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Lead and take responsibility for providing legal advice, guidance and support to the Global Credit Markets business and associated stakeholders on all legal matters.
• Develop thought leadership capability as a member of the Global Credit Markets Legal team.

Business

• Ensure that regulatory reform/changes are appropriately assessed and managed from a Global Credit Markets Legal perspective.
• Maintain close relationships with appropriate stakeholders and provide them with legal advice, guidance and support.
• Providing GCM Lending related legal advice with respect to GCM Lending products.
• Provide transactional and documentation support to GCM Lending business in Asia.
• Act as lead lawyer for complex multi-jurisdictional GCM transactions in Asia.
• Work with Product and other stakeholders to structure and define parameters for new products and initiatives.

Processes

• Provide assurance to the Global Credit Markets legal team on the management of legal enforceability risk.

People & Talent

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s values and Code of Conduct.
• Promote high standards and continuing improvement across the team supporting Global Credit Markets.

Risk Management

• Have an appreciation for where the management of legal enforceability risk fits within the overall risk appetite of the Bank.
• Establish, maintain and manage effective global processes to ensure that policies, procedures and standards addressing legal risk are effectively implemented.

Governance

• Ensure that any papers being tabled by Legal at any relevant governance committees have been reviewed from a Global Credit Markets Legal perspective.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics across the Standard Chartered Group.
• Lead the Global Credit Markets team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles.
• Effectively collaborate, identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Regional General Counsels
• Global Credit Markets Legal members
• The Head of Global Credit Markets and all other members of Global Credit Markets businesses.
• Appropriate colleagues in other functions.
• External law firms.

Other Responsibilities

• Lead from a Global Credit Markets Legal perspective on any bank-wide projects requiring input.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years experience with a strong legal background.
• Qualified to practice as a solicitor/attorney or barrister/advocate.
• Experience in private practice or in-house of managing complex legal issues.
• Understanding of risk management techniques.
• Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Legal proficiency
• Transactional and Documentation support
• Risk Management

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, and work collectively

What we offer

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.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity and sabbatical.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation.