Legal Counsel

1 week ago


Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong SAR China The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA) Full time
Legal Counsel (Banking) - Legal Department

Position Summary

To provide professional legal advice, service and support to the Bank's Wealth Management Division, as well as supporting the General Counsel in the management of the Bank's legal risk.

As our legal team is expanding its bandwidth to cover the growth of the Bank's business in Hong Kong, China and Singapore, you will be part of a legal team overseeing the Bank's wealth management business reporting to the General Counsel.

Responsibilities

  • To have full oversight of all legal matters of the Bank's Wealth Management Division
  • Draft, review and negotiate full range of commercial or transaction contracts
  • Advise and review investment product terms, marketing and transaction materials
  • Advise on standard terms and conditions for a wide range of business initiatives
  • Advise and review new products and business initiatives of the Wealth Management Division
  • Proactively identify issues related to the wealth management business and provide commercially pragmatic advice to the business
  • Provide legal and regulatory advice with respect to new business initiatives, new products and platform arrangements
  • Oversee, assist and manage legal issues relating to complaints, disputes and litigation
  • Review manuals, policies and procedures
  • Oversee Singapore branch's legal matters with local counsel's assistance
  • Work closely with business and project teams on business projects; work closely with control functions on risk and regulatory issues
  • Coordinate with local counsel in various jurisdictions on legal and regulatory issues for the wealth management business generally
  • Participate in bank wide projects and new product development

Requirements

  • University graduate and Hong Kong admitted solicitor with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience
  • Lawyers with banking/finance/fund investment experience in an international law firm and/or in-house experience with leading financial institutions
  • Wealth Management / private banking related experience will be an advantage
  • Experience in a wide spectrum of general corporate, commercial and banking assignments; experience in managing disputes and litigation will be an advantage
  • Ability to work independently and escalate appropriately
  • Team player, confident and self-motivating professional with strong interpersonal skills
  • Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)

Please apply online via the BEA Careers website or by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. Kindly note that if you are a new user, you have to first create your User Profile before you can apply.

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated in accordance with the Bank's Personal Information Collection (Employees) Statement and Privacy Policy Statement. Applicants who are not invited for interviews within six weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful and the personal data collected will be destroyed after 1 year.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance and Legal

Industries

Banking, Legal Services, and Financial Services

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