Senior Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Singapore AIA Hong Kong and Macau Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced General Counsel to join our team at AIA Hong Kong and Macau.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing legal and company secretarial support to AIA Investment Management and related fund platforms, as well as leading the legal and company secretarial support for AIA's Group Unit-linked and Pension business.

The General Counsel will be responsible for mitigating legal risk, leading the provision and procurement of legal advice, and providing legal support to GULPB across markets and jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate will have a strong leadership and supervision skills, excellent organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills, and the ability to deal with and handle multiple and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal and company secretarial support to AIA Investment Management and related fund platforms.
  • Lead the legal and company secretarial support for AIA's Group Unit-linked and Pension business.
  • Mitigate legal risk by ensuring that contracts reflect standards and building and maintaining an appropriate mechanism for legal risk management processes.
  • Lead the provision and procurement of legal advice with respect to compliance with law and regulatory policy in jurisdictions relevant to the relevant entities.
  • Provide legal support to GULPB across markets and jurisdictions.
  • Design and handle the specialized, technical legal infrastructure and resource required.
  • Negotiate contracts and provide internal and external legal advice.
  • Select and work with external counsel, ensuring quality of support and associated costs.
  • Oversee legal advice and support for investment transactions and manage client, intercompany, vendor and counterparty relationships.
  • Provide leadership and business judgment and serve as trusted counsel and adviser to AIA Investment senior management.
  • Lead the continuous improvement of the efficiency of legal support through the use of technology, including generative artificial intelligence and refinement of internal roles and responsibilities.
  • Continuously develop both self and legal team members.

Requirements

  • Qualified solicitor in common law jurisdiction.
  • 15 years post-qualification working experience as in-house legal.
  • Regional asset management and funds business experience required.
  • Compliance and company secretarial experience will be a plus.
  • Strong leadership and supervision skills.
  • Excellent organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong influencing skills.
  • Ability to deal with and handle multiple and changing priorities.
  • Good work attitude and ability to work as a larger team.
  • Independent with strong self-initiative.

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