- Provide proactive and insightful legal guidance to the senior management team on all legal and regulatory matters, including M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance, and commercial contracts.
- Identify and mitigate legal and compliance risks across all aspects of the Group's operations.
- Lead and mentor a high-performing legal team, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external legal counsel, regulators, and other key stakeholders.
- Proactively engage with stakeholders to address legal and compliance issues.

1. Handle commercial contract drafting, review, and negotiation with business partners (such as merchants, financial institutions ("FIs'), suppliers and service providers) on a wide range of agreements (including marketing agreements, services agreements, NDAs, procurement agreements, merchant services agreements, consumer-facing T&Cs, MOUs etc.);
2. Provide legal support to daily business operations and general commercial matters;
3. Help update and create standard agreement templates, standard form documentation for customers, and other agreements (both on and offline);
4. Support International Business Group (IBG) LCAP teams (e.g. regulatory compliance team, company secretary) including preparation of regulatory documents and other communications; and
5. Educate non-legal IBG colleagues on relevant legal issues.

About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Banking & Finance Associate with a minimum of 3 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a key role in advising clients on a wide range of banking and finance matters, including corporate lending, project finance, asset finance, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:
1)Provide legal advice on complex banking and finance transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating loan agreements, security documents, and related finance documentation.
2)Manage banking and finance transactions from inception to completion, ensuring that all legal aspects are properly addressed and deadlines are met.
3)Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, providing them with strategic advice and insights on banking and finance issues.
4)Ensure that all banking and finance transactions comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.

- Advise on corporate commercial transactions, technology contracts, IP licensing, and outsourcing agreements.
- Support regulatory compliance related to corporate, fintech, data privacy, and cybersecurity.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders on risk management and governance.

- Advise on corporate commercial transactions, technology contracts, IP licensing, and outsourcing agreements.
- Support regulatory compliance related to corporate, fintech, data privacy, and cybersecurity.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders on risk management and governance.

- Review and assist in preparation of legal content, documents and prompts.
- Review and assess content and prompt output derived from content database, AI and automation tools and provide recommendations.
- Be part of agile project team; collaborate and interact with product, content and technology specialists on legal and AI ratings.

Key Responsibilities:

1)Advising clients on corporate banking, project financing, and debt capital market transactions.
2)Drafting and reviewing legal documents, including loan agreements, security documents, and offering memorandums.
3)Conducting legal research and providing strategic legal advice on regulatory compliance and market trends.
4)Assisting clients with project financing and structuring deals, including multi-jurisdictional transactions.
5)Negotiating and managing relationships with clients, stakeholders, and other legal teams.
6)Representing clients in meetings, conferences, and negotiations as needed.
7)Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws and industry best practices.

- Contract Management: Draft, review, revise, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, covering both existing and new corporate and commercial projects, products, and services.

- Regulatory Compliance & Advisory: Monitor and advise on company policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and regulatory rulings.

- Risk Management & Legal Solutions: Identify and address legal risks, providing practical and strategic solutions aligned with the group�s business strategy and operations.

- Litigation Management: Oversee and manage litigation and dispute resolution matters, working closely with external counsel to develop strategies that protect the group's interests.

- Regulatory Filings & Documentation: Co-ordinating with external corporate secretary with the preparation, submission, and filing of statutory forms, documents, resolutions, and announcements with relevant authorities.

1)Provide guidance and leadership in the development of Legal Shared Services Team for Malaysia Group Companies

2)Review, vet and draft business contracts and legal documents, including supporting negotiations of business contracts.

3)Liaise with business functions and provide general legal support and sound advice to mitigate legal risks

4)Provide legal support and advice related to corporate projects such as business reorganisation

5)Ensure proper administration and management of contracts and legal documents

6) Assist in the management of potential legal disputes and litigation (includes monitoring progress of litigation cases)

7)Provide assistance to personnel in charge of compliance in Group Companies in ensuring compliance

8)Assist and support compliance investigations

9)Liaise with solicitors, government departments and external parties on legal matters

10)Prepare and submit regular reporting of legal jobs

11)Carry out ad hoc related projects, assignments and administrative tasks as assigned and instructed by the immediate superior from time to time

-Lead, guide and supervise the Business Onboarding Support Team (the Team) to provide support to the Trust Commercial Team and Client Acceptance Team in delivering a full suite of trust and corporate services to clients.
-Provide prompt, excellent, and professional trust and company administration services.
-Review and provide guidance to the Team on the tasks of all levels of complexity assigned to the Team.
-Ensure proper updating of all clients data in accordance with clients records by the Team and the accuracy of data being captured in the appropriate system.
-Liaise with the Trust Commercial Team, Client Acceptance Team and operations teams as and when necessary, in resolving any challenges encountered by the Team in the assigned tasks.
-Comply with the Groups internal control and audit standards.
-Ensure that the Team adheres to internal policies and Standard Operating Procedures on daily operations.
-Work with the Client Acceptance Team to migrate new processes or streamline the existing processes for greater efficiency.
-Participate in ad hoc projects or matters as assigned from time to time.