Senior Legal Counsel Vice President

18 hours ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia MUFG Americas Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel to join our team at MUFG Americas. As a key member of our legal department, you will be responsible for providing strategic legal advice and guidance to our business units in Oceania.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establish and maintain a robust legal risk management framework to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and mitigate potential risks.
  • Provide trusted and relevant advice to human resources, compliance, and financial crime prevention functions in Oceania to support their performance.
  • Control legal risk, specifically litigation management risk, by providing timely guidance to business units in handling disputes and pre-dispute actions.
  • Negotiate vendor contracts to reflect services to be acquired by MUFG.
  • Be an independent guardian and trusted business partner, providing commercially sensitive, pragmatic, and practical legal support and advice in a cost-effective and timely manner.
  • Proactively provide legal consultancy services and guidance to business units on material legal developments.
  • Ensure senior management is fully briefed on major issues arising in relevant business areas and major legislative changes.
  • Collaborate closely with Legal Office for Asia, Head Office Legal in Tokyo, international legal functions in other regions, and other local legal units within the branches and subsidiaries of MUFG.
  • Support group-wide projects, litigation matters, plan, and support MUFG local legal offices across APAC in managing legal issues and liaise and coordinate with external legal counsels.
  • Support the Head of Legal, Asia Pacific by engaging in global, regional, and/or country initiatives, supervising and managing legal affairs in Asia, optimizing internal and external legal resources.
  • View legal transactions and risks with a regional perspective, driving standardization across APAC and identifying issues in local laws and regulations that justify deviation from a regional benchmark.
Requirements
  • Minimum 6-8 years of post-qualification work experience, counting from equivalent Australian qualification dates (i.e., translate to a 4-6 year PQE in UK terms).
  • Lawyer qualified in a common law jurisdiction, ideally Aus/NZ qualified but candidates qualified in Singapore, US, UK, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and India will also be considered.
  • Prior experience in regulatory compliance/HR/litigation/legal risk management.
  • Prior in-house legal experience in a financial institution would be an advantage.
  • Broad experience across banking and lending, wholesale/investment banking products, and capital markets.
  • Strong technical knowledge of the legal framework surrounding finance transactions generally and strong document drafting skills.
  • Good knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to finance and banking.
  • Self-motivated and independent, with the ability to clearly challenge process and decisions, as well as to set new standards to ensure best practices are always followed.
  • Highly motivated and a willingness to get involved.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurized environment.
About MUFG Americas

MUFG Americas is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. We are committed to hiring based on merit and organizational fit, regardless of race, religion, or gender.

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