Job Summary

Provide legal support and advice to all stakeholders across the Group for the Group’s own account corporate and M&A transactions, projects and matters, including: acquisition, divestment, joint ventures, corporate projects and equity investment activities which affect Group structure; Corporate Development and cross-functional deal / project teams specific to each project or transaction and Group functions (e.g. Corporate Secretariat, Corporate Affairs and Finance) on corporate law issues; and Group restructuring and corporate actions (including share buybacks and changes to group structure).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy
Provide legal support and advice to all stakeholders across the Group for the Group’s own account corporate and M&A transactions, projects and matters, including: acquisition, divestment, joint ventures, corporate projects and equity investment activities which affect Group structure; Group debt issuances; Corporate Development and cross-functional deal / project teams specific to each project or transaction and Group functions (e.g. Corporate Secretariat, Corporate Affairs and Finance) on corporate law issues; and Group restructuring and corporate actions (including share buybacks and changes to group structure). 

Business
Ensure close coordination with other Legal function teams. Where external counsel is appointed, liaise with external counsel and ensure the scope of work is defined and appropriate, oversee the quality of work and manage external legal costs and ensure appropriate overall matter management. 

Processes
Participate in all aspects of the transaction process including due diligence, structuring, negotiating and completing the transaction. The team is responsible for, inter alia: 
•    Negotiating NDA, Exclusivity Letters, Offer Letters, Engagement Letters etc
•    Instructing & Managing External Counsel on M&A transactions
•    Managing Legal Due Diligence
•    Negotiating the Sale & Purchase Agreement and other Transactional Documents
•    Managing the Legal Process to Completion

People & Talent
•    Promote a culture and practice of good conduct of business and adherence to legal standards within the Group.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management
Ensure that corporate projects and initiatives have the necessary legal and regulatory clearance; liaising with business teams, with other functions and with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure that corporate projects and initiatives are consistent with the Group’s standards.

Anticipating, identifying, mitigating, monitoring and reporting legal risks in relation to corporate projects and initiatives as required by Group’s risk management framework.
 
Governance 
•    Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, while independently performing own duties. 
•    Work with Businesses and Functions and colleagues in the Legal Function to identify and develop process enhancements and simplification opportunities and innovative solutions to improve and enhance efficiency of legal operations and service delivery.

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    [Insert local regulator e.g. PRA/FCA prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation].

Key stakeholders
•    Corporate Development
•    Specialist, Due Diligence and Integration teams engaged in M&A activities, eg HR, IT&O, Risk etc
•    Group Functions, including Corporate Secretariat, Group Treasury, Group Tax, Group Finance, Risk, Group Corporate Affairs etc
•    Legal and Compliance teams – group, business and country

Other Responsibilities
Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Enterprise Legal; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies.

•    Profile: Able to work with senior management to develop and implement strategic projects/initiatives
•    Commercial: pragmatic, creative, practical and solution-oriented
•    Proactive: able to use initiative and ready to identify issues without being asked and provide advice accordingly
•    Flexible: able and willing to work long hours (if required) and travel in connection with projects
•    Team player: personable, responsible, helpful 
•    Organised: able to prioritise workload and manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines 
•    Reliable, tactful, discreet, diplomatic: able to work with board members, other senior staff and persons of different nationalities and from different cultures, have good judgment and strong decision making skills
•    Self-motivated: able to operate independently with limited supervision
•    Energetic: enthusiastic about the role, the function and the Group 
•    Responsibility and perseverance
•    Highest professional standards
•    Demonstrates the bank’s values

Skills and Experience

• Mergers and Acquisitions 
  Legal documentation 
  Negotiations 
  Corporate acume
• Confidenc
• Project management

Qualifications

Must be a qualified lawyer (solicitor, attorney or barrister) with 4+ years’ post qualification experience and have:
•    a detailed knowledge and understanding of corporate and M&A law and practice; and 
•    international (preferably emerging markets) experience of structuring and executing a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and other corporate transactions
•    understanding of risk management techniques
•    exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience
•    personal authority with proven ability to establish relationships and provide strong direction at senior levels of the Group

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.