Senior Legal Counsel

Standard Chartered Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution is seeking a legal professional in Singapore to provide strategic legal support for minority investments and fund governance in Fintech. Responsibilities include managing legal processes, drafting a range of agreements, and ensuring compliance with laws. Ideal candidates will have a law degree and at least six years of relevant experience. The position offers a full-time role at a mid-senior level with an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Retirement savings funding

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience as a solicitor or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Execute minority investments in Fintech companies.
• Provide legal support for ventures and investment funds.
• Draft and negotiate a range of agreements including partnerships and contracts.
• Manage external counsel effectively.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Skills

Commercial Law

Legal Analysis

Legal Function

Business Acumen

Education

Law degree from a reputable institution

Job description

Responsibilities

• Execution of minority investments in Fintech companies (and divestments)
• Operation and governance of ventures and SCV’s investment funds
• M&A and fundraising (collaborating with the Group’s M&A Legal team)
• Provide strategic and transactional legal support and advice to the SCV team and other business stakeholders on creating disruptive ventures and other digital transformation initiatives (including co‑creation agreements with Fintechs, partnership and cooperation agreements, joint ventures and consortia membership agreements)
• Act as the legal point of contact for specific ventures across their journey from ideation to go‑live

Strategy

• Building ventures in the SG
• Execution of minority investments in Fintech companies (and divestments)
• Operation and governance of ventures and SCV’s investment funds
• M&A and fundraising (collaborating with the Group’s M&A Legal team)
• Provide strategic and transactional legal support and advice to the SCV team and other business stakeholders on creating disruptive ventures and other digital transformation initiatives (including co‑creation agreements with Fintechs, partnership and cooperation agreements, joint ventures and consortia membership agreements)
• Acting as the legal point of contact for specific ventures across their journey from ideation to go‑live

Business

• Act as central legal contact point as ventures are created and progress to target countries; provide legal support on contract documentation with partners and vendors, e.g. NDAs, LOIs, JV's, collaboration agreements, data transfer agreements, POC’s and outsourcing agreements
• Provide legal advisory support on ventures including outsourcing matters, data protection, intra‑group arrangements, cybersecurity, intellectual property and regulatory engagements
• Drafting and negotiating a range of agreements: software development, SaaS, software maintenance, proof of concept, sales / distribution, strategic partnerships, hosting, data transfer, professional services, consultancy, platform terms of use and privacy policies
• Effectively manage external counsel

Processes

• Negotiate NDAs, term sheets, subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements, side letters, etc.
• Instruct & manage external counsel on Fintech investment and fundraising transactions; manage legal due diligence
• Manage the entire legal process to completion
• Participate in portfolio management and exit activity
• Provide legal input to ongoing governance and management of all SCV investment activities

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct
• Embed highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct across Standard Chartered Bank; ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct
• Identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Key Stakeholders

1. Internal: SC Group Traded Risk Management (TRM), SC Group Credit Risk, SC Group Treasury Risk, SC Group Digital Asset Risk, SCV Chief Risk Officer (CRO), SCV Chief Operating Officer (COO) / Accelerators, SCV Risk Framework Owners (RFO), SCV Functional Subject Matter Experts (SME)
2. External: Relevant external regulator
3. Other responsibilities: Embed Group brand & values; perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

Other Responsibilities

• Embed here for good and Group’s brand and values in the business and SC Ventures
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Law degree from a reputable institution in one of the common law jurisdictions
• Solicitor or equivalent (minimum of 6 years’ experience)

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Commercial Law
• Legal Analysis
• Legal Function
• Business Acumen

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. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good is achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aiders and all sorts of self‑help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Legal

Industries

Banking