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Job Description

Report to senior regional legal counsel, this role helps to identify, manage and mitigate the legal risks associated with our business operations. 

Key responsibilities will include

  • Project support,
  • Contract review – confidentiality agreements and services agreements,
  • Transactional support, including new business partner transactions, drafting and negotiating key agreements with counterparties,
  • Participating in new product development, including insurance policy forms,
  • Documentation review, including marketing materials,
  • Developing and maintaining standard templates,
  • Legal entity structuring – shareholder relationships,  corporate structure, intra-group reorganizations,
  • Working closely with compliance to ensure compliance with new laws and regulations,
  • General legal advice to management and business,
  • Manage external counsel engagements.

Required qualifications:

  • University law degree and admitted to practice as a lawyer, preferably in a common law jurisdiction (e.g. Hong Kong, Australia, England, Singapore, US or Canada).
  • Minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification experience, ideally including both international law firm and in-house experience with an international financial services organization (insurance/banking).
  • Flexible team player, strategic-thinker, solutions-oriented, problem solver.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communications & presentation skills (oral and written).
  • Ability to interface effectively with clients, other departments, diverse cultures and all levels within the organization in multiple jurisdictions.

For a confidential discussion in relation to this opportunity and other compliance openings please email tara.robinson@eamesconsulting.com 

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