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Job Purpose
Support the Head, Legal, Group Commercial as a member of the Bank's Group Commercial Legal Centre of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur, with specific focus on delivering legal advice and support to review, draft and negotiate Group technology and other commercial contracts with vendors and other third parties.
Provide legal support, advice and training on new contracts, orders and statements of work and renewals with minimum supervision to Supply Chain Management and other stakeholders across the Group Functions and Business.
Provide additional legal support to the Group's Technology Legal team where required on strategic high-risk contract matters.
Promote a culture and practice of good conduct of business and adherence to legal standards within the Group.
The Role Responsibilities
Provide helpdesk support on contracts for the Bank's Supply Chain Management team and country Legal teams.
Reviewing, advising, drafting and negotiating multi-country technology and commercial contracts to ensure they meet Group Third Party Contract Standards and applicable law, including software, market data and subscription licenses, escrow agreements, hardware, equipment/device purchases and support/maintenance services and other general goods and services agreements, including intragroup arrangements.
Analyse potential risks involved with specific contract teams.
Keep up to date with relevant policies and procedures and applicable law.
Provide relevant stakeholders with accurate and timely information and advice regarding the status of technology and commercial contract matters.
Support the Head, Legal, Group Commercial in developing effective processes (including training, advice and support) to ensure that policies, procedures and standards for contracts are effectively implemented.
Support development of guidance and templates on contracts and provide training on contract legal issues.
Provide supervisory support to junior members of the Group Commercial Legal Team.
Ensure close coordination with other Legal function teams. Where external counsel is appointed, liaise with external counsel and ensure the scope of work is defined and appropriate, oversee the quality of work and manage external legal costs and ensure appropriate overall matter management.
Our Ideal Candidate
Must be a qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction (solicitor, attorney or barrister) with 7+ years' post qualification experience and have:
A good knowledge and understanding of technology and commercial contract requirements including intellectual property and data protection
Experience in contract legal support (whether through in-house or private practice) and business acumen
Experience in reviewing contracts using contract templates or using guidance/playbooks
Ability to draft contract terms to meet requirements
Ability to negotiate contract terms with third parties
Understanding of risk management techniques
Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience
Ability to work with varying seniority levels of staff
Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.
Internal Number: 6479503
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