Lead Counsel 2

2 weeks ago

Singapur, Singapore Citigroup Inc. Full time
Whether you're at the start of your career or looking to discover your next adventure, your story begins here. At Citi , you'll have the opportunity to expand your skills and make a difference at one of the world's most global banks. We're fully committed to supporting your growth and development from the start with extensive on-the-job training and exposure to senior leaders, as well as more traditional learning. You'll also have the chance to give back and make a positive impact where we live and work through volunteerism.
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Citi's Global Legal Affairs and Compliance (GLAC) empowers and protects Citi by providing legal, compliance, investigative, and security services to our firm. We manage compliance risk, provide legal analysis and advice, protect Citi's people and businesses, advocate for legal and regulatory outcomes that benefit our firm and our clients, and ultimately promote behavior that is consistent with Citi's mission and culture.
We're currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President, Lead Counsel 2 - Product - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Lead Counsel 2 - Product - C13) based in Singapore. Being part of our team means that we'll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.
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The Lead Counsel II is a senior level position responsible for providing legal guidance and thought leadership to the business. The overall objective of this role is to provide legal support, advice, and guidance to the business.
This role requires a pragmatic, proactive attorney with thorough understanding of the Business, combined with a solid conceptual / practical grounding in the laws and regulations for the geographies in which we operate. Provides input into strategic decisions, exercising sound legal judgement to develop proactive, risk-appropriate, and commercially practical business-oriented solutions.
In this role, you're expected to:
  • Responsible for providing legal counsel to the Business, participating in strategic initiatives, providing subject matter expertise and interpretations of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and industry practices, and advising business management on legal matters impacting the business.
  • Partners with legal peers to objectively evaluate business proposals by applying institutional knowledge and risk appetite against industry standards, widely accepted business practices, laws, rules, and regulatory guidelines, escalating as appropriate.
  • Collaborates across internal lines of business, control/support functions and/or external counsel to achieve coordinated and efficient outcomes on matters of common interest; coordinate closely with the Legal team on a regional and global basis.
  • Participates in BUSINESS planning and development initiatives; contributes to business objectives by providing thought leadership using knowledge of industry, laws, and regulations.
  • Proactively identifies, evaluates, and contributes to the appropriate management of legal, regulatory, and reputational risk by collaborating with ICRM & Risk, following relevant legal developments, participating in internal projects, escalating as appropriate.
  • Manages day-to-day legal activities as a subject matter expert in area of responsibility and provide advisory services to business partners.
  • Monitors management of complex legal issues and transactions, escalating when necessary.
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
As a successful candidate, you'd ideally have the following skills and exposure:
  • 6-10 years of relevant industry experience, preferably in Banking or financial services or a law firm.
  • Regional experience in Emerging Markets.
  • Fluency in Microsoft Word.
  • Knowledge of international laws, regulations and practices while staying abreast of regulatory and legal environment, internal policies and industry trends that impact the business.
  • Experience with complex deals, demonstrated ability to analyze issues and develop legal solutions.
  • Effective communication skills (written & oral) and negotiation skills and ability to build and maintain trusted relationships.
  • Excellent interpersonal, proven analytical, organizational and relationship management skills.
  • Proven ability to apply sound judgement while managing assignments in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
  • A skilled negotiator who has the right attitude and can actively work with a wide range of colleagues of varying seniority in both business and support roles to respond to a broad range of needs and develop business friendly solutions to requirements while balancing compliance with multiple legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements.
  • Teamwork and adaptability.
  • Bar license in good standing to practice law.
  • Education: Juris Doctorate or equivalent law degree.
Additional Job Responsibilities/ Purpose
The candidate will assist with negotiation of markets trading documentation for Citi's markets sales and trading desks, fund services throughout the Asia Pacific (AP) region.
Markets Legal Contract Management (MLCM) provides legal advisory and documentation services for markets sales and trading desks, fund services across the different regions. This candidate will be part of the global MLCM team that carries out this work for the Asia Pacific (AP) region specifically.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Timely negotiation and preparation of ISDA Master Agreement, Global Master Repurchase Agreement, Global Master Securities Lending Agreement, CDEA and other markets trading documentation; negotiation of ancillary trading documentation, including review of corporate documentation, security and collateral documentation.
  • Conduct due diligence to determine whether agreements are enforceable and meet the well-founded basis standard under applicable capital rules.
  • Coordination and tracking of deviation approvals including compliance of documentation with legal, regulatory requirements and Citi policies.
  • Legal support, advice, and guidance across a broad range of practice areas whilst appropriately assessing risk of business decisions made by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
  • Management of data inputting for trading documentation and interaction with other regional support teams regarding trading documentation data systems and related queries, amendments.
  • Participation in global documentation regulatory and remediation projects.
  • Assist in the coordination and support of AP Markets Legal Contract Management processes and initiatives.
  • Liaise with other control and functional business in support of the initiatives that the AP MLCM is involved in.
  • Provides analysis of matters in support of resolution of complex and variable situations or to formulate an approach.
  • Assist in monitoring industry developments in relation to documentation initiatives.
  • Performs varied work requests from multiple sources that may be complex in character and have tight deadlines.
Development Value:
This position provides the opportunity to work with and support a wide range of Citi markets businesses across Asia Pacific. The candidate will work closely with Legal colleagues across the region, as well as with stakeholders in Risk, Operations, Business, and other areas. The role will involve regular contact with clients across the Asia Pacific region.
Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.
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