Senior Counsel
2 weeks ago
**Job Background/context**:
The Regional Markets & Securities Services Legal Department provides legal advisory and documentation services for markets sales and trading desks, fund services and custodial services throughout the Asia Pacific region.
The WFB programme is a core function of M&SS Legal in ensuring Citi’s ability to provide products and services to clients on an ongoing basis while meeting the required regulatory standards.
**Job Purpose**:
The Legal Counsel will be part of the Well-Founded Basis (WFB) team in Singapore within APAC M&SS Legal and will be integral to enhancing Citi’s approach to the WFB legal standards under the Basel III regulatory capital rules.
The Legal Counsel will be involved in conducting substantive review of opinions relating to netting and collateral enforceability of derivatives, securities financing transactions and related agreements as well as ensuring that the legal review is sufficiently documented to conclude with a well-founded basis that the agreements are enforceable under applicable law in the relevant APAC jurisdictions.
The Legal Counsel will also be involved with the formulation and maintenance of a globally consistent work process and standards for WFB determinations in APAC. This includes managing interactions with other relevant stakeholders in Citi, both in APAC and globally.
**Key Responsibilities**:
Conduct ongoing reviews of opinions, data summaries and WFB determinations in APAC jurisdictions in accordance with the WFB standard.
Work closely with relevant stakeholders in maintaining a globally consistent governance model for the WFB framework.
Ensure that Citi opinions on enforceability, netting and collateral are kept current; update existing analyses in responses to changes in law; socialize changes as appropriate
Monitor legal developments in APAC jurisdictions relevant to netting and collateral enforceability, communicating updates on relevant matters to internal stakeholders and advising on any changes that may need to be made to client-facing documentation and internal Citi systems.
Liaise with other functions, including with operations, finance and risk, to ensure all WFB determinations are appropriately communicated and reflected
Collaborate with others in legal, ensure appropriate memorialization of WFB determinations and recordkeeping of legal analyses/opinions
Coordinate responses to regulatory requests, partnering with other functions such as risk and the impacted business where necessary
Ensure alignment of legal WFB deliverables across key DFST stakeholders and assist in remediation of any risks/issues that have been escalated
Provide training on WFB framework and determinations
**Knowledge/Experience**:
Significant knowledge of the legal issues underpinning WFB legal standards, including bankruptcy, netting/set-off, title transfer/security interest arrangements and contractual enforceability.
Significant knowledge of trading documentation and associated netting and collateral enforceability analyses across all fixed income products; strong experience with ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA, CDEA, local master trading agreements use in APAC, including margin documentation.
Experience with reviewing industry and bespoke legal opinions
**Qualifications**:
**Skills**:
Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders including front office personnel / non-lawyers
General legal skills: drafting, negotiation, issue spotting, problem solving and ability to grasp complex issues and structures quickly
Strong team management skills
**Competencies**:
Self motivated
Good communicator
Team Player
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
- **Job Family Group**:
Legal
- **Job Family**:
General Legal
- **Time Type**:
Full time
- Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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