The successful candidate will be responsible for providing accurate and timely legal advice on the entire range of operations of CICC Singapore and CICC's other offices in Southeast Asia. The job responsibilities associated with this role may be expected to include but not limited to:
- Providing legal support to management and business units regarding applicable laws and regulations and participate in new business processes with the business and risk areas.
- Handling investment banking ECM, DCM and M&A transactions, and reviewing and negotiating contracts and legal documents.
- Developing and maintaining a strong awareness of legal and regulatory matters within CICC by updating management and employees on legal related matters.
- Putting in place appropriate training and creating new policies and procedures to reflect the changes or updating existing ones, which includes changes to financial services regulation.
- Exercising sound business and legal judgment and demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism when dealing with clients and colleagues.
- Providing legal advice, and daily support to different business units within CICC Singapore and other CICC Southeast Asia offices.
- Provide support to legal colleagues in Singapore office on other areas of work including but not limited to equities trading, FICC, wealth management and employment law matters.
- Provide support to CICC SG CEO.
- Work with legal teams in other jurisdictions.
Knowledge
- Must have exposure to capital markets, IPO, M&A and other investment banking products and private equity work.
- Experience in secondary market work such as equities trading, FICC and wealth management is a plus.
- Familiar with Singapore laws and regulations.
Skills and Abilities
- Good working attitude, team player, and able to work well and respond promptly under pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with fluency in written and spoken English.
- Fluency in Mandarin is a plus.
- A person with initiative who can work well in a group as well as independently, and is committed to seeing a project to its completion.
- Highly responsible, diligent, with strong integrity and professional ethics.
- Strong analytical and evaluation skills.
- Good drafting skills.
- Attentive to detail.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 PQE in leading investment banks or capital market law firms in Singapore.
- Law degree from reputable law school.
- Singapore qualified lawyer.
Disclaimer
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of the work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as the comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.