LEGAL COUNSEL, CHINESE DESK (BANKING)

Responsibilities

Main responsibility is to cover Chinese desk.

You need to provide advisory work to Chinese corporate banking, retail banking and treasury department.

Detailed work include:

  • Review treasury related documentation & provide legal advisory services for treasury department
  • Review syndication loan documentation drafted by external counsel, contribute actively in negotiating with the borrowers in collaboration with corporate banking department.  
  • Review and revise Bank's corporate loans documents, standard banking facilities terms revise & improve the same from time to time.    
  • Review, revise product terms and conditions, documents, agreements where bank is a party.
  • Coordinate & be responsible for reporting requests or information requisition from head office.
  • Work together with the existing team to prepare legal bulletin.  
  • Provide advice on the legal impact of any new or change to laws and regulations.
  • Advise the bank on legal risks.
  • Provide legal training to raise legal awareness as and when required.
  • Any other matters as may be instructed by management from time to time.

 

Requirements

  • Law degree holder with at least 5-7 years' bank working experience.
  • Ideally admitted to any bar.
  • Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin for handling Chinese speaking clients and documentations.
  • Lawyers seeking in-house role are encouraged to apply