Job Summary

Financing & Securities Services Legal (FSS Legal) is an international team based in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. We cover development of new products including technology solutions across all jurisdictions and work closed with our local legal counterparts in each jurisdiction in the development of those product. 

You will be joining a dynamic team that is solutions orientated and is not afraid to take initiative and help the business drive solutions.  The role in legal is wider than just providing legal expertise, by being product legal experts, we are part of the team and help deliver the entire solution because of our client centric focus. 

We are consistently looking at ways to improve our process and improve the legal experience of our stakeholders. Your stakeholders include Legal, FMC, Tax, Compliance, Risk, Product, Finance, Treasury, Sales and Operations.  You will be expected to work with them and provide legal advice to assist in decision making as well having a strong understanding of when and how to escalate matters as appropriate. 

The candidate will work closely with Head of Legal for FSS and the FSS legal team and will be expected to take the lead in their work, escalate and collaborate with their stakeholders and legal colleagues globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to FSS business and other functions.
• As part of the Global Legal team, providing legal advice to FSS senior management, businesses, products and working closely with other various functions across jurisdictions. 
• Drafting legal documents, including but not limited to prime services agreements (including designation notices, checklists, and other documents) and any other bespoke documents as required. 
• Negotiation of the legal documents with clients and engage relevant internal stakeholders where relevant. Working closely with FMC team in Poland and other FSS counsels in Singapore and Malaysia.
• Providing advice and guidance to FMC and more junior Prime resources.
• Acting as legal advisory for any new product development and other customised or bespoke services. 
• Remediation of existing legal documentation to ensure legal and regulatory compliance. 
• Project work developing new legal templates and updating and managing playbooks; horizon scanning of regulatory developments that impact the business; obtaining external legal advice on an ad hoc basis; working with product to develop new product solutions.
• Have an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Maintain close coordination with the Legal Dispute Resolution Team and Group Special Assets Management for their input, where relevant, into litigation cases concerning FSS.
• Where external counsel is appointed, ensure the FSS Legal team liaises with external counsel, ensure the scope of work is defined and appropriate, the quality of work is overseen effectively, legal costs are managed, and that there is appropriate overall matter management.
• Challenge fellow executives effectively.
• Assist the Global Head of Legal, Financing and Securities Services in: 
  • representing Legal in the governance of FSS-related issues.
  • developing appropriate legal policies and procedures or minimum documentation standards.
  • ensuring the effective management of legal matters across the FSS business.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within the Legal Function.
• Proven experience in a legal position handling a broad range of commercial law subject areas at a law firm and/or in-house legal department.
• Securities services background.
• Fund or asset management experience will be an advantage.
• Fluent in English with excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Knowledge of Regulatory Framework and Requirements (SIF).
• Knowledge of Products and Processes.
• Ability to lead multiple complex transactions simultaneously; ability to prioritise and work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Ability to articulate legal concepts in a clear and concise manner.
• Lateral thinking/problem solving.

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.