Senior Legal Counsel

at  Standard Chartered

JOB SUMMARY

This Band 5 role is a Senior Legal Counsel in Dubai situated in the Dealing Room among both the 1st and 2nd Lines of Defence. It requires the individual to demonstrate both considerable technical Markets Legal skills, business acumen and a strong risk barometer to ensure that Markets business is conducted in line with our policies and values.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Law
• Practising certificate

QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified to practice as a solicitor/attorney and admitted to the Law Society of England and Wales, or an equivalent legal society/body in the relevant local jurisdiction.
• Experience of dealing with Market-related legal matters in private practice or in-house.
• Have more than 5 years of relevant PQE.
• Have knowledge and experience in key markets products, ideally including fixed income derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, structured credit, structured products, and structured financing.
• Legal experience in one or more of the FM product areas such as FX, Rates, Credit and CommoditIes.
• Besides FM experience, experience in banking and finance would be preferred.
• Familiar with, and have experience working on, ISDA master agreement, credit support documentation, repo and stock lending documentation, confirmations, and term sheets in relation to FM transactions.
• Understanding of financial market reforms and regulations such as IBOR remediation, margin reform, stays, EMIR and Dodd Frank, etc.
• Some experience in and familiarity with Islamic finance and derivatives transaction and documentation would be beneficial.
• Strong business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return), strong leadership qualities, strong interpersonal skills and multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Have an independent guardian and risk control mindset.
• Understanding of risk management techniques and approaches.
• Sound judgment of business practices, regulatory relationship management and reputational risk.
• Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence, and resilience.

ABOUT STANDARD CHARTERED

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
• Work with Management to develop and roll out approved strategy.
• Participate in a culturally diverse team across functions and geographies.
• Keen awareness and understanding of seamless co-ordination at Regional (Cluster) and Product level
• Maintain high standards of professional integrity.
• Liaise and respond where applicable to local regulators eg DFSA