Head of Legal – E-Commerce/Financial Services – Singapore – 12+ recruitment

Responsibilities:

Providing legal and advice on legal and regulatory issues in relation to online Payments and Funds Settlement, Foreign Exchange, Money Remittance, Credit Card settlements, Credit card Acquiring, E Money, and Electronic Financial Transactions.
Advising on licensing and regulatory requirements in relation to online payments, foreign exchange, anti money laundering, know your customer regulations, competition law , consumer protection law and Alternative Dispute resolution regulations.
Legal adviser to the Country Management teams of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines.
Advising market entry into local markets which would include setting up of local sales and customer support offices including managing license applications.
Dealing and managing relationships with regulators in India, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines andVietnam.
Advising on legal and regulatory risk associated with sales, marketing, public relations, and product offering and distribution.
Advising on commercial contracts and transactions and customer disputes, including litigation and settlements.
Working closely with the APAC compliance and government relations teams, leading and managing other lawyers in the South Asia Legal team, and managing and coordinating Regional Legal Projects.

Requirements:

Candidates should have at least 12 years PQE and come from an established in-house legal team or established private practice law firm with APAC regional coverage and expertise.
Preference for candidates with solid experience and expertise in regional laws and regulations relating to payments both offline and online, fund settlement, credit card acquiring, credit card services and settlements, E Money, money remittances, fund settlements, Foreign Exchange and e-commerce, AML and CFT regulations.
Candidates with solid and broad legal and regulatory experience and expertise in financial services including consumer and retail banking, securities brokerage, Wealth Management, consumer credit and finance would be considered.
Broad and solid experience in dealing with regulators in South Asia with substantial experience and expertise in regulatory advocacy (both written and oral).
Broad experience in advising senior regional and local business management teams.

Taylor Root Singapore

Taylor Root - a member of The SR Group

EA Licence No. 10C4100

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