Description

About the Company

Our client is a premier international financial services group with a strong footprint across Asia. Renowned for delivering innovative solutions in insurance, asset management, and financial protection, the company combines a heritage of stability with a forward-looking vision for growth. With rapidly expanding operations in Asia, they are seeking an accomplished legal professional to join their dynamic regional team and contribute to long-term value creation for clients and communities.

The Role

As Senior Legal Counsel, Asia, you will play a pivotal role within the regional legal team, working closely with the Regional General Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance across the Group's Asian operations. This broad and influential position encompasses:

• Commercial Matters: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating diverse agreements, including distribution, service, technology, outsourcing, and partnership contracts.
• Transactional Support: Advising on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, and financing transactions.
• Distribution Arrangements: Supporting innovative and complex cross-border distribution partnerships.
• Regulatory Advisory: Providing counsel on insurance and financial services regulations across multiple Asian jurisdictions.
• Intellectual Property & Governance: Advising on IP rights, licensing, compliance, and corporate governance matters.

Requirements

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced, international environment:

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 7 years' post‑qualification experience (PQE)
• Strong background in M&A transactions, gained at an international law firm
• Experience advising financial services clients, or prior in‑house experience within a financial services company
• Proven track record advising across regional markets
• Candidates from private practice with relevant expertise will also be considered
• Fluency in both English and Mandarin is essential