Senior Derivatives & Markets Counsel

OCBC (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Professional development opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

OCBC (Singapore) invites you to join the Group Markets Legal Advisory team as Legal Counsel, focusing on the banking industry's complex legal landscape. You will negotiate master agreements and advise on derivatives, repurchase and securities lending matters, providing practical legal guidance to the business while managing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance.

To succeed, you should be a qualified lawyer with 6–10 PQE, preferably in a common-law jurisdiction such as Singapore or the UK, with

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with 6 to 10 PQE.
• Preferably qualified in a common law jurisdiction (e.g. Singapore, UK or equivalent).
• Experience in derivatives, repurchase, securities lending, prime brokerage, securities services, financial services regulatory, banking, capital markets or Islamic finance work will be an advantage.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, project management, ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Good team player with agile and adaptable mindset.
• Candidate must be able to work independently and with other functional specialists in completing projects.
• Candidate must be a self- starter with strong sense of ownership and responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to markets and derivatives business in OCBC head office and other global market branches and subsidiaries of OCBC Group.
• Responsible for the drafting and negotiation of Master Agreements / other trading agreements and related collateral agreements (ISDA, CSA, GMRA, GMSLA, TMA, MCA) with counterparties in various jurisdictions.
• Co-ordinate with, and respond to, queries relating to Master Agreements from, other functional specialists in the Bank, to resolve legal/credit risk/operational/tax/business issues and obtain relevant approvals.
• Ensure adherence with policies and procedures of the Bank’s documentation standards and to maintain/update documentation templates, policies and procedures, etc.
• Work on any regulatory driven projects or bank-initiated projects as may be required from time to time.
• Where needed, to work with sales, structuring and trading team to review or develop derivatives products term sheets and trade confirmations.
• Where needed, to provide support to bank projects that are handled by Group Strategy and Governance.

Skills

Derivatives

Repurchase

Securities lending

Prime brokerage

Regulatory knowledge

Banking and capital markets

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

OCBC (Singapore) invites you to join the Group Markets Legal Advisory team as Legal Counsel, focusing on the banking industry's complex legal landscape. You will negotiate master agreements and advise on derivatives, repurchase and securities lending matters, providing practical legal guidance to the business while managing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance.

To succeed, you should be a qualified lawyer with 6–10 PQE, preferably in a common-law jurisdiction such as Singapore or the UK, with