Legal Counsel, Banking

Our client is a Regional Bank that is growing its presence here in Singapore. As a business, they offer both corporate banking and private banking services to their clients. This is a newly created headcount in the legal team where they are looking for a junior lawyer to join the closely knitted team covering a wide spectrum of banking & finance work. Responsibilities As a member within the team, you will be supporting the front office on the negotiations with clients on corporate banking related transactions (e.g. credit facilities/trade financing etc). You shall be solution oriented and ensure that clients' needs are well managed both internally and externally and ensuring that any legal risks are being highlighted promptly to parties involved. You will also be supporting the private banking business on legal matters in relation to any new product initiatives and bespoke client solutions. As part of the broader legal team, you will also from time to time be involve in adhoc projects/initiatives that help to drive better legal efficiency within the organization. You will up keep the legal documentations for the transactions handled to ensure that they are align with the bank's standards and also with market's best practices. Requirements You should bring along with you some form of banking & finance or financial services regulatory experience. Candidates coming directly from private practice are welcome to apply, You should ideally be Singapore qualified with minimally 3 years PQE and have the ability to see through transactions independently. To apply Please send your CV to Cynthia Teo at ct@kerryconsulting.com quoting the job title for a confidential discussion. Rest assure that all applications are kept confidential.