Senior Risk Lawyer

The role is to provide risk and compliance support to the business in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The APAC region extends across Australia (4 offices) Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Thailand.

The role will involve being part of a regional risk team whose aim is to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards in relationships between the professional legal adviser and client, identifies and manages risk and complies with regulatory requirements. The role may include some supervisory responsibility for junior members of the team where relevant and require working closely with other Risk colleagues regionally and globally. The role reports to the Sydney based Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk (APAC).

We are open to the role being based in Sydney, Singapore or Hong Kong. The role reports to the Sydney based Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk (APAC).

The Team

The Risk and Compliance team provide support to the firm's Senior Management and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct, optimally manages risk and ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Responding to queries from partners, functional managers and other key stakeholders on a wide range of client-facing and internal governance, legal, and risk matters in the APAC region.
• Reviewing commercial contract terms with public and private sector clients and legal services suppliers, including framework, referral and escrow agreements, client engagement terms, NDAs and MOUs.
• Working with the team to manage AML/CFT queries for the region and assisting with preparation for regulatory supervision, regulatory filing obligations, suspicious activity reporting and liaison with authorities, Financial Intelligence Units and legal services regulators.
• Supporting cross-functional business projects for the risk function.
• Working closely with Conflicts Lawyers to assist with conflicts clearance.
• Supporting the development of and embedding of risk policies, procedures and guidance to deliver a practical, robust and forward-looking approach.
• Fostering relationships and engagement with functional departments, such as BD, IT, HR and Finance, to promote the risk function profile and services within the firm and encouraging joined-up approaches to projects and problems.
• Assisting with embedding a risk training and induction programme across the region, aligned with the global training plan. Delivery of training.
• Taking an active role in the promotion and development of a healthy risk management culture across the region, encouraging a good ethical approach to be taken in all decision- making.
• Assisting with the supervision and development of other members of the team as required.
• Legally qualified in jurisdiction where role is based with over 5 years' experience ideally part of which was working in a leading commercial law firm.
• Dual qualified in England & Wales (favourable but not essential).
• Previous experience of risk and compliance.
• Previous experience in data privacy and regulatory obligations will be highly regarded.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Creates and sustains a positive team environment.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to focus on detail but also on the larger picture.
• Takes responsibility and ownership for issues and problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and think critically.
• A strong service focus with the need to listen and understand the essential requirements of different areas of the firm.
• Thrives in a dynamic environment with a flexible, solutions focussed approach and a track record of providing actionable information leading to enhanced outcomes.
• Ability to challenge the status quo with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: influence and conviction to communicate effectively across all levels of an international organisation.

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