Head of Legal, Asia and Middle East recruitment
Singapore based role leading the provision of high quality legal advice and services to the Asia and Middle East Region ensuring legal risks are identified, prioritized and resourced to protect the business and ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory obligations, requirements and standards.
Key Accountabilities:
- As a member of the leadership team, contribute to the development and achievement of the business strategy and performance targets for the business.
- Providing expert legal advice, services and guidance, either directly or through external providers, on all aspects of law, to ensure the business remains compliant at all times.
- Ensuring the legal aspects of corporate transactions and/or restructuring exercises are managed correctly; up to and including: leading negotiations, co-ordinating the provision of external advice
- Managing disputes and issues of litigation to ensure Group / regional/local business interests are protected and potential loss and damages are mitigated.
- Ensuring regional intellectual property, confidential information and other material interests are legally protected.
Candidate Profile:
- Proven Asia Pacific experience in legal management role within a financial institution
- Robust approach in building strong working relationships with the regional and global management team
- Exposure to MA
- Articulate issues in a clear and concise manner whilst ensuring a commercial approach is maintained
- Knowledge of and experience in dealing with regulatory bodies
- Strong organisational and project management skills
- You must be fluent in English. Fluency in an additional Asian language would be useful.
- Frequent travelling is a requirement for this role
To apply, please forward to us your update profile in MS WORD FORMAT to recruitment.asia@psdgroup.com
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Information gathered will strictly be used for recruitment purposes only.
March 16, 2012
• Tags: Asia and Middle East recruitment, Head of Legal, Investment Banking, M & A careers in the China • Posted in: Financial