Senior Counsel - Regulatory (Funds) - APAC

About the role

An asset management and investment-focused business, global brand and headquartered in Singapore for the APAC region, is looking for two lawyers (deal and regulatory) to join its established and growing team. This is a critical business growth role reporting to the Head of Legal and covering the APAC region. The position is advertised by SD Legal, a recruitment agency with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Key responsibilities

• Work on legal, regulatory and compliance matters, primarily supporting the regulatory side of business growth
• Support the APAC business on product, distribution and licensing work
• Product and distribution includes structuring, offering documents, side letters and investor due diligence
• Licensing involves direct liaison with regulators such as the SFC and MAS

Required profile

• 6 to 10 years of post-qualification experience
• Training and law firm experience from a Tier 1 financial regulation group
• Experience on product distribution through law firm secondments and/or in-house roles, which is highly sought after
• Comfortable working directly with C-Suite executives and Senior Directors