Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our dynamic legal team, supporting our Financial Markets division across Asia, with a particular focus on Greater China and North Asia (GCNA). This role requires an individual with deep expertise in financial markets law and regulations, to provide, and manage the provision of, advisory, structuring and execution legal support to all Financial Markets businesses and functions in Asia, with focus on the Greater China and North Asia region (GCNA).

Key Responsibilities

• Advising Sales, Structuring and Trading regionally in all asset classes: including but not limited to FX, Rates, Credit, Commodities & Equities derivatives, Structured Credit (including ABS Trading) and Structured Financing/Funding, whether in OTC, security or other wrapper forms.
• Providing support to COO, Sales and Trading with respect to global and local reform initiatives (including, but not limited to, bank resolution, margin reform, IBOR reform, China netting).
• Providing legal support for Asia, in particular GCNA, strategic initiatives such as renminbi internationalisation, bond/swap connect
• Supporting and implementing applicable Group legal standards, practices, and requirements.
• Providing input and recommendations for internal governance forums
• Engaging with and contribute to regional industry bodies (e.g., ISDA, ASIFMA) on Asia, in particular GCNA, market initiatives.
• Working in close collaboration with CIB Legal and other Legal colleagues, as well as other functions supporting the FM businesses.
• Supporting process ownership and escalation by Legal for Operational Risk Framework issues in the Asia, in particular GCNA, region.

Skills and Experience

• In-depth knowledge of financial markets regulations and practices in Asia, with a focus on GCNA.
• Experience in Global Markets and derivatives work is a key requisite.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical and commercially sound legal advice.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and work effectively under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Chinese language proficiency (spoken and written) a priority.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5-10 years of post-qualification experience in financial markets law, preferably within a top-tier law firm or financial institution.
• Experience of financial markets and products, documentation, and regulations, in particular in respect of credit derivatives, structured credit, structured products and financing

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 are 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

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, 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.