Legal Counsel

KERRY CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An international corporate bank in Singapore is seeking a maternity cover for their legal team. This role involves providing legal advice on corporate banking transactions and supporting negotiations with clients. The ideal candidate should be a common law qualified lawyer with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) in financing, capable of independently managing transactions. Ensuring compliance with the bank's standards and identifying legal risks is crucial. Apply by sending your resume to the contact provided.

Qualifications

• 3 years of PQE in a relevant legal area.
• Ability to handle financing transactions independently.
• Experience with corporate banking transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support front office negotiations on corporate banking transactions.
• Ensure legal documentation aligns with bank standards.
• Highlight legal risks to involved parties.

Skills

Financing experience

Negotiation

Solution-oriented

Education

Common law qualified lawyer

Job description

Our client is an international corporate bank and they are currently looking to hire a maternity cover for the legal team. This role will focus on providing legal advice on the bank's financing transaction.

Responsibilities

As a member within the team, you will be supporting the front office on the negotiations with clients on corporate banking related transactions (e.g. credit facilities/trade financing etc). You shall be solution oriented and ensure that clients’ needs are well managed both internally and externally and ensuring that any legal risks are being highlighted promptly to parties involved.

As part of the broader legal team, you will also from time to time be involved in adhoc projects/initiatives that help to drive better legal efficiency within the organization. You will upkeep the legal documentations for the transactions handled to ensure that they are aligned with the bank’s standards and also with market’s best practices.

Requirements

You should bring along with you some form of financing experience. You should ideally be a common law qualified lawyer with 3 years PQE and have the ability to see through transactions independently.

To Apply

To apply, please submit your resume or if you have any questions, please reach out to Cynthia Teo at [e-mail], quoting the job title.

Reg: R1546879 Lic: 16S8060