Risk & Compliance Lawyer - Singapore

 

Job description

The Team

We are looking for a solicitor/lawyer to join the Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Risk & Compliance Team, based in Singapore. The Risk & Compliance Team is run by a Chief Compliance Officer who is assisted by risk & compliance lawyers and officers in three regions: London, the Middle East and Asia. The Asia and Middle East team is led by a senior lawyer based in Singapore (Head of Risk & Compliance, Asia & Middle East).

Our firm is required to comply with a variety of legal services and financial crime laws and rules across 26 offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Failure to comply can be a breach of professional standards or a criminal, or in some cases civil, offence. The Risk & Compliance Team is responsible for overseeing compliance with those laws and rules in order to avoid penalties and damage to our reputation.

The Role

The role will report to the Head of Risk & Compliance, Asia & Middle East, and in turn to the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. Your work will be internally-focused, supporting Norton Rose Fulbright LLP’s partners as an in-house counsel. Some international travel may also be required.

The role will involve work across a broad range of risk management and compliance issues, including:

​ Providing senior-level advice to partners, fee earners and the Risk & Compliance Team on conflicts of interests, confidentiality and disclosure issues

​ Liaising with and assisting the Risk & Compliance Teams of Norton Rose Fulbright Member Firms in Australia, Canada, USA and South Africa in connection with potential conflicts of interest

​ Reviewing engagement and relationship letters, panel appointment terms and non-disclosure agreements produced by clients, and advising as to their acceptability

​ Providing advice to partners, fee earners and the Risk & Compliance Team on compliance with AML/CTF laws and regulations, anti-bribery and corruption laws, economic sanctions and market abuse laws

​ Advising on proposed directorships and other external appointments, client engagement contracts, arbitral appointments, and variety of other risk management and compliance queries

​ Producing high-quality training content and delivering to partners, fee earners and business support staff

​ Assisting partners and fee earners with the discharge of their professional duties and other regulatory obligations

​ Producing, reviewing and updating risk management policies and procedures

​ Managing and mentoring more junior members of the Risk & Compliance Team

​ Monitoring the development of legal services, financial crime and other relevant laws

​ Supporting the Chief Compliance Officer on other risk management and compliance projects as required

Skills and Experience Required

​ Be a UK qualified solicitor or qualified in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, South Africa or the United States

​ Have a minimum of 2 years’ PQE working as a qualified fee earner or in-house/risk & compliance lawyer in an international law firm

​ Be highly intelligent and have excellent commercial judgement

​ Have strong communication skills with experience of operating in a multi-cultural environment

​ Have sufficient influencing skills to work successfully & confidently at all levels including with senior management and partners

​ Be sufficiently confident to exercise risk-based judgement calls on a daily basis.

 

At Norton Rose Fulbright we welcome receiving direct candidate applications via our careers page.

 

 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE – we will not accept speculative CV’s, or any associated terms, sent to the business unless otherwise requested.

 

 

Diversity and Inclusion

 

At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.

 

If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on london.recruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com

 

The Norton Rose Fulbright office in London has been awarded the Disability Two Ticks Symbol by Jobcentre Plus. The symbol identifies those employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.

 

We want to support your application as best we can. For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.

 

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Norton Rose Fulbright please click on the following link http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/

 

 

Norton Rose Fulbright

 

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

 

Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

 

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

 

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices.

 

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Senior Risk & Compliance Lawyer: Dubai

 

Job description

The Team

We are looking for an experienced risk and compliance lawyer to join Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA Risk and Compliance Team (“the R&C Team”). The R&C Team is led out of London by a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), who works closely with EMEA’s Chief Risk & Regulatory Officer.

Our CCO is assisted by lawyers, officers and other staff who are based in various locations in the UK, Middle East and Asia, including a Head of Risk & Compliance of Europe (based in London) and a Head of Risk & Compliance of Asia and the Middle East (based in Singapore).

The R&C Team supports the business across 22 offices throughout EMEA. Its primary roles are to (a) assess and advise on risk and (b) ensure the firm complies with a broad range of regulatory and professional obligations, in order to safeguard the firm’s reputation and avoid penalties. The R&C Team also works closely with the business in order to achieve the firm’s global strategic initiatives.

The Role

The successful candidate will be based in the firm’s Dubai office and will report to the Head of Risk & Compliance of Asia and the Middle East, and on UAE aspects, to the Dubai office’s managing partner.

Your work will be internally focused, supporting the firm’s partners across EMEA, as in-house advisor. Some international travel may be required once current travel restrictions are lifted.

The role will involve work across a broad range of risk management and compliance issues, including:

​ Providing high quality senior level advice to partners, other fee earners and R & C Team colleagues, predominantly in relation to client onboarding, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, risk management and reporting issues.

​ Assisting and liaising with the compliance teams at Norton Rose Fulbright’s fellow Member Firms, based in Australia, Canada, USA and South Africa, mostly in relation to potential conflicts of interest.

​ Supporting the CCO by being an escalation point and supervising junior R&C members on higher risk and more complex compliance and risk management issues.

​ Reviewing engagement and relationship letters, panel appointments and non-disclosure agreements produced by clients, and advising as to their acceptability.

​ Monitoring and reviewing the usage and wording of the firm’s standard engagement terms.

​ Providing senior level advice to partners, fee earners and R&C Team members on compliance with applicable anti-money laundering, counter terrorist funding, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption laws, insider dealing and other regulatory matters.

​ Advising on directorships and trusteeships, arbitral appointments and other ad hoc risk management and compliance queries.

​ Taking the lead in devising and rolling out risk and compliance training across the firm.

​ Supporting Dubai’s local money laundering reporting officer regarding reporting obligations and related regulatory matters.

​ Supporting Dubai’s practice standards partner regarding professional obligations and conduct.

​ Assisting partners and fee earners with their professional duties and other regulatory obligations.

​ Reviewing and updating the firm’s risk management policies and procedures.

​ Managing and mentoring more junior members of the R&C Team.

​ Monitoring the development of compliance obligations in relevant jurisdictions in EMEA.

​ Supporting the CCO on other risk management and compliance projects as required.

Skills and Experience Required

​ Be a UK qualified solicitor or qualified in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, South Africa or the United States.

​ Have a minimum of 5 years’ PQE (ideally with at least 2 years’ PQE experience working as an in-house risk & compliance lawyer in an international law firm).

​ Be highly intelligent and have excellent commercial judgement.

​ Have strong communication skills with experience of operating in a multi cultural environment.

​ Have sufficient influencing skills to work successfully and confidently at all levels including with senior management and partners.

​ Be sufficiently confident to exercise risk based judgement calls on a daily basis.

​ Be fully conversant with the lawyer’s primary duties as to confidentiality and client care.

 

At Norton Rose Fulbright we welcome receiving direct candidate applications via our careers page.

 

 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE – we will not accept speculative CV’s, or any associated terms, sent to the business unless otherwise requested.

 

 

Diversity and Inclusion

 

At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.

 

If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on london.recruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com

 

The Norton Rose Fulbright office in London has been awarded the Disability Two Ticks Symbol by Jobcentre Plus. The symbol identifies those employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.

 

We want to support your application as best we can. For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.

 

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Norton Rose Fulbright please click on the following link http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/

 

 

Norton Rose Fulbright

 

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

 

Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

 

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

 

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices.

 

Law around the world

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Senior Risk and Compliance Lawyer

An excellent opportunity for a senior risk and compliance lawyer looking for a new challenge at a top 10 international firm.

The Team

There are currently four risk and compliance lawyers and one senior risk and compliance lawyer and this is additional head count to expand the team. There is a head of compliance and general counsel who the lawyers work closely with.

The wider risk and compliance team consists of talented officers who conduct the conflicts and AML checks and perform a high level of analysis with autonomy over clearing low and medium risk issues.

The Role

The senior risk and compliance lawyer can look forward to a varied role, advising on complex conflicts, AML, CTF and sanctions issues and with engagement terms and relationship letters, panel appointments and NDAs.

There is also the opportunity to be involved in improving policies and procedures and with project work. An exciting project in the pipeline is upskilling the compliance officers to train them to analyse the higher risk and more complex conflicts and AML issues.

While the majority of the work will be in-house, there may be the possibility in advising external clients. As there are members of the team based in other countries, there is also the chance to travel if the successful senior risk and compliance lawyer is keen to work abroad for short periods.

The Requirements

It is anticipated the successful senior risk and compliance lawyer will have at least 5 years’ experience with conflicts and AML. Although the role is much broader than this, they will provide training on the other aspects.

Due to the nature of the work the firm sees, and this role being the second most senior position in the department, experience at a Magic or Silver Circle firm, a top 20 firm or a US firm is imperative.

The Benefits

It is quite rare for a position at this level and with the breadth of work to arise. Not only can you look forward to an interesting role, you will join a friendly and supportive team who have all been at the firm for a minimum of 5 years. The team are held in high regard by the senior management and the partners and you can look forward to making a real difference in shaping how the risk and compliance function works in the future.

The salary is excellent (well above 6 figures) plus bonus.

Lunaria Partners are advertising this senior risk and compliance lawyer role on behalf of our client. We strive to respond to all applications but due to the volume received, this isn't always possible. If you have not heard from us in 7 days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

TOP UK LAW FIRM SEEKS SENIOR ASSOCIATE FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TEAM

An excellent opportunity has arisen at a very well regarded UK law firm who are looking for a Senior Associate to join them in their Commercial Real Estate team. The role will primarily focus on acting Developer side in respect of forthcoming Commercial Real Estate transactions.

The Firm

The firm has an excellent and supportive culture and is very well regarded within the Commercial Property space. As part of this small but friendly team, you will be working on a mix of real estate investment and development work including sales, acquisitions, options and lettings.

The Role

The firm are particularly keen on receiving applications from candidates with experience in the industrial, logistics, office and retail sectors. Any experience of forward funding agreements would also be a massive advantage!

The Benefits

The office is based in central London and they offer agile working. The salary is competitive for a leading UK law firm and they also offer a good bonus and benefits package alongside this.

 

Lunaria Partners are advertising this role on behalf of our client. We strive to respond to all applications but due to the volume received, this isn't always possible. If you have not heard from us in 7 days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Real Estate NQ

An excellent opportunity has arisen at a very well regarded international law firm for a talented NQ solicitor to join their Commercial Real Estate team.

The Firm

The firm is value driven and has won numerous awards for being a top company to work for (especially recognised for being a great place for women) and employee happiness. Although an international firm with offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia they have maintained their mid-sized feel in London and are friendly and supportive.

The Team

The Partner in the Commercial Real Estate team has been recognised in legal publications and she has a real passion for Real Estate and creating long lasting client relationships. The property team is small but growing and this is an additional headcount in the team. The Senior Associates in the commercial property team really enjoy mentoring so you have great people around you so you can continue to develop your property knowledge and skills.

The Role

You can look forward to working on a mix of real estate investment and development work including sales, acquisitions, options and lettings. The role will primarily focus on acting Developer side in respect of forthcoming Commercial Real Estate transactions.

You will be working with some well-known clients across the industrial, logistics, office and retail sectors and gain experience with forward funding.

The Requirements

The firm are really open to the background of the Real Estate NQ. Although ideal if you have trained at a similar international firm, the real estate team are very open to applications from NQ’s who have completed their training contract at a national firm or a highly regarded regional firm. Commercial Real Estate experience is essential.

The Benefits

The office is based in central London and they offer agile working. They encourage a good work life balance and do not like their lawyers to do crazy hours. The salary is competitive for a leading UK law firm and they also offer a good bonus and benefits package alongside this.

Lunaria Partners are advertising this Real Estate NQ role on behalf of our client. We strive to respond to all applications but due to the volume received, this isn't always possible. If you have not heard from us in 7 days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

 

Tom is head of the legal team, he is looking ahead and sees that they need to grow. He is open to the type of lawyer they take on. Role will be corporate, commercial, regulatory. 

Team of 15: Tom (currently in Oslo for a year, back in London in March), 3 in Iceland, 9 in London, 1 in Portugal. 2 paralegals, rest are quite senior, this is why they need a couple of people at NQ-5 PQE. his sweet spot is up to 3 PQE. He has brought in old colleagues - M&A specialist from Hogan Lovells, Commercial specialist from Withers. Danny does fund raising and corporate restructuring. 

Salary: 80-85k, but can go up to 90k. Plus performance bonus. They get share options. IPO is the plan. 

Company started in 2019 - has grown to 1300 staff. 

Office is in Victoria - they might outgrow it soon - but they will stay central. 

Tom has created a good training programme, he has a litigation background himself so must know how transferable skills are if a good lawyer. 

Young dynamic company and team. Hours are good and work is really flexible - people will need to be in the office for their own learning and support.  

https://app.otta.com/companies/SaltPay

 

Real Estate Paralegal

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Real Estate Paralegal to join a mid-sized city law firm.

The Team

The real estate paralegal can look forward to working within a small team with a partner who is ranked in Chambers, and having a high level of responsibility assisting on real estate matters.

The team cover all aspects of commercial property including landlord and tenant, property acquisitions and disposals and property finance. Clients range from property companies and developers to institutions and also include high net worth individuals.

The Role

The successful real estate paralegal will mainly be working for two high profile clients and will take ownership over their own caseload and be responsible for drafting, negotiating and reporting on leases, licences, concession agreements and related documents. You will also assist on larger transactions and undertake due diligence and other tasks.  

Due to the size of the team you will also get the chance to attend client meetings, networking events and have client contact during the transactions.

The Requirements

As the real estate paralegal will have a high level of responsibility it is expected you will have at least 1 years’ experience in a similar real estate paralegal role.

Although experience in a similar city firm is preferred, the firm are very open to receiving applications from real estate paralegals with the relevant experience gained in a regional firm seeking to relocate to London.

Apply today for this Real Estate Paralegal role to find out more!

Lunaria Partners are advertising this real estate paralegal role on behalf of our client. We strive to respond to all applications but due to the volume of applications, this isn't always possible. If you have not heard from us in 7 days your applications has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Officer at a top firm in Tunbridge Wells to join them on a permanent basis.

The Team

There is currently a small risk and compliance team who are incredibly friendly and so this would be a great place to work.

The Role

You will be responsible for conflicts and AML checks, and assessing potential risk issues for often complex structures and clients in high risk jurisdictions. Thorough CDD will be required to find beneficial owners and source of funds, and you will be analysing PEP's and sanctions, and working out the risk of bribery and corruption.

The Experience

Ideally you will have experience in a similar role at a law firm, however they will also consider applications from compliance professionals who have experience in another sector (i.e, finance or other professional services firm, legal secretaries, estate agents, the third sector). They may also consider applications from law graduates looking for their first entry level position.

If you have been seeking a new challenge in the Tunbridge Wells area then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Send your CV through today to be considered for this Compliance Officer role.

Lunaria Partners are advertising this role on behalf of our client. We strive to respond to all applications but due to the volume received, this isn't always possible. If you have not heard from us in 7 days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.