CAO - Legal - Global Legal Documentation - Vice President

What we will offer you: A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce is better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its center. You can expect:

• Flexible benefits plan including virtual doctor consultation services
• Comprehensive leave benefits
• Gender Neutral Parental Leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• 25 days of annual paid leave, plus public holiday & Flexible Working Arrangement

• Draft and negotiate a variety of master agreements and ancillary documentation, including but not limited to ISDAs, CSAs, GMRAs, GMSLAs and cleared derivatives documentation with external clients from a wide range of jurisdictions;
• Provide master agreement legal advisory support to the global legal documentation team;
• Assist with complex negotiations, escalations and priority client relationships from the business pipelines to ensure that these matters are handled appropriately and escalations are addressed in a timely manner;
• Support the Sales & Trading businesses and other key stakeholders with ad hoc legal queries on new or existing master agreement arrangements;
• Management and oversight of one team member locally;
• Liaise with and provide legal guidance and advice on DB policy to key internal stakeholders such as Credit, Collateral Management, Derivatives Funding, Treasury, Group Tax and the relevant business line, to resolve any negotiation points or opine on existing arrangements;
• Support the internal netting process through contract reviews, opinion reviews and submission of legal summaries for approval to relevant internal committee;
• Conduct due diligence through review of relevant constitutional documents relating to capacity/authority of counterparty, including instructing external counsel if needed;
• Assist with master agreement development work, such as DB templates, clause library, updating user guides and policy changes;
• Support regulatory outreaches or re-documentation projects where master agreements are impacted (recent examples include IBOR and Uncleared Margin IM Phases V and VI).
• Ad hoc legal projects.

• Qualified as a lawyer, solicitor, barrister, or equivalent in any jurisdiction with 5+ years master agreement experience.
• Experience of drafting, negotiating and advising on master agreements such ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA and cleared derivatives documentation in either private practice or in-house.
• Conduct analysis of enforceability of netting or collateral across APAC and/or English jurisdictions, agreement types and counterparty types through review of legal opinions and internal netting approvals.
• Proven working experience in analyzing and advising on legal opinions relating to master agreements, particularly relating to the enforceability of netting and collateral.
• Proven track record in working with a high volume of complex legal documentation under significant time pressure.

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• Training and development to help you excel in your career