Assistant VP, Group Legal & Secretariat

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

Legal Attorney and Advisory is responsible for providing legal advice to the firm and ensuring the firm operates in accordance with legal parameters. Specialists provide support across the scope of the firm's activities ensuring that legal issues, contracts, disputes, and complex transactions are conducted within the due diligence of the legal framework. The Attorney area is responsible for providing legal advice to the firm, and for ensuring the firm operates in accordance with various legal parameters. The Product / Business Unit Lawyer focus specializes in providing legal advice and strategic expertise to one of the business lines of the firm (e.g., Capital Markets, Investment Management, Commercial or Corporate Banking, etc.) on product development, transactions, and cross-border and domestic issues. May represent the Firm with clients, external agencies, and regulatory bodies; direct internal legal activities, and coordinate work conducted by External Legal Counsel.

Key Responsibilities:

A role to provide legal support principally for Group Retail. Responsibilities include:

• Providing legal advisory services to, and engaging in stakeholder discussions on, a broad range of matters across various banking segments and products (including retail banking, private banking and digital banking as well as trademarks and IP matters).

• Drafting, reviewing and hands-on negotiation of diverse banking/commercial documents and agreements.

• Drafting product terms and conditions; legal policies and guidelines.

• Advising business leaders on significant legal issues impacting the business.

• Participating in special projects, both local and regional (including industry-wide initiatives, corporate actions, business transformation). 

• Working with internal stakeholders to support the Bank’s strategy and drive business growth

• Other job-related duties which may be assigned as required.

Key Requirements:

• Degree in Law from a recognized university  and preferably admitted to the Singapore Bar
• About 3 - 5 years PQE in legal practice and/or related in-house role in the financial industry
• Prior experience in banking and finance would be advantageous
• As successful candidate will work in a legal team which supports the Group Retail business units, he/she should be a collaborative team player with an ability to also work independently
• Ability to prioritize, work under pressure and handle multiple ongoing assignments

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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