Legal Counsel, Asia

1 month ago

Singapore MMC Corporate Full time
Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy, and people. The Company's 85,000 colleagues advise clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $20 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses. Marsh provides data-driven risk advisory services and insurance solutions to commercial and consumer clients. Guy Carpenter develops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities. Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations redefine the world of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock health and wellbeing for a changing workforce. Oliver Wyman serves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visit , or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Mercer Investments provides investment advice and sophisticated implementation and asset management solutions and services to institutional clients such as pension schemes, insurance companies, endowments & foundations and wealth managers. The business has experienced significant growth over recent years and with a strong pipeline of activity, this looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. This growth has involved a huge level of new client on-boarding and has seen the business further enhance its product and service offering and its position in the market.

Marsh McLennan is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Hong, Kong, Singapore or UAE office:

Legal Counsel, Asia & Middle East, Mercer Investments

The Investments division of Mercer seeks an experienced financial services lawyer, preferably with expertise across the Asian and / or Middle Eastern regions. The role reports to the Chief Investment Solutions Counsel (International) and the successful candidate will assist in advising one of the world's leading institutional investment advisory and investment solutions providers. Contract review and management will form a key responsibility of the role. The firm conducts these activities in a significant number of Asian and Middle Eastern markets, responsibility for which will come within the remit of the chosen candidate.

What can you expect:

  • You will be a member of the global Investments Legal Department in Mercer, working closely with regional business leaders, their teams and other stakeholders to provide high quality, effective legal expertise on commercial engagements, contract review and management, cross-border activities and strategic matters.
  • A broad role for a mid-level lawyer focusing on complex financial services regulatory matters as well as commercial matters.
  • You will manage a dedicated caseload of both transactional and contentious matters relating to the firm's diversified and growing financial services business in the Asian and Middle Eastern markets.
  • You will be joining a global team of friendly, highly skilled, collaborative professionals and have the opportunity for excellent long term career development.

What is in it for you?

  • Be challenged to deliver impactful solutions for a large organization and have a direct impact on all colleagues.
  • A company with a strong Brand and strong results to match.
  • Be part of a truly global team that actively embraces diversity by ever transforming the way we work to be inclusive of all
  • Employee Resource Groups, which provide access to leaders, relevant volunteer and mentoring opportunities and interactions with counterparts in industry groups and client organizations.

We will count on you to:

  • Provide practical, business-oriented advice on Mercer's engagements with institutional clients, as well as Mercer's new service offerings, regulation impacting Mercer's services, applicable governance requirements and on emerging issues.
  • Helping to oversee critical governance programs, including the firm's third-party provider and new product reviews.
  • Supporting the negotiation of new client contracts which cover a range of financial services and products, such as investment research and tools, investment advisory and asset management.
  • Being a lead lawyer on major financial services projects, like RFPs and licensing and registration in new markets
  • Manage key internal stakeholders such as Sales, Business Development, Client Services, Strategy, Investment Consulting.
  • Work closely with Compliance colleagues and with external counsel in relation to the above, where appropriate, to include negotiation and management of costs of external counsel.

What do you need to have:

  • Qualification as an attorney/solicitor
  • At least three to six years qualified experience as a lawyer dealing with financial services matters, whether in a law firm or in-house setting, with consideration given to regulatory experience
  • Understanding of legal and regulatory risks associated with the investments business and legal options required to manage these risks.
  • Experience of participating in board meetings and governance committees.
  • Excellent prioritizing, multi-tasking, and time management skills
  • Ability to take the initiative and work independently; identify areas for enhanced efficiency and issues that go beyond the specific project requested by the internal client.
  • Strong communication skills in English with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and educate colleagues on key legal and regulatory issues and developments and manage expectations regarding timeframes and project completions. Other regional languages a plus.

What makes you stand out:

  • Mastery of the financial services laws of at least one of Singapore, Hong Kong, or the UAE
  • Knowledge of the financial services laws of other Asian and Middle Eastern markets
  • Unimpeachable integrity and a positive, team-oriented attitude with the ability to work effectively within a small team.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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