Would you like to work in a fast-moving startup, fun and yet professional environment that recognizes and rewards individual contributions and also team success.  This company that encourages innovation, collaboration, creativity, and initiative working with work with an intertational team of highly motivated people.

This FinTech company is looking to hire a Group Legal Director to serve as their financial regulatory lawyer across multiple Asia jurisdictions to support a rapidly growing business in the region.

Reporting to the CEO and COO, the incumbent will provide support on legal, regulatory and commercial advice for daily business operations and general commercial and transactional matters involving the various global payment platforms in Asia, including commercial and procurement contract negotiations, drafting and reviewing of license applications and regulatory responses in conjunction with applicable laws and regulations framework.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft and negotiate contracts for regional payments with business partners covering technical integration, information security, data processing, regulatory compliance, settlement and marketing.
• Provide strategic legal and commercial advice to our regional sales teams on payment laws, regulations, compliance and risks relating to our business. 
• Partner with sales, product and compliance teams to resolve open contractual points.
• Draft and negotiate ad hoc agreements to support commercial activities (e.g. referral, exclusivity)t.
• Draft contract templates for new services and update existing ones to ensure compliance with new regulations.
• Represent the client on various payments-related topics before regulators, banking partners and other external audiences.
• Manage and instruct external counsel on regulatory and compliance issues. 
• Coordinate execution of agreements and legalization of documents with regional colleagues and counterparties.
• Assist in general legal, commercial and regulatory compliance matters. 
• Work closely with multi-cultural senior management and shareholders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified lawyer with regional experience across APAC, ideally from another FinTech company with financial regulatory background, specifically in payments. 
• Prior experience working in major financial institution, financial services regulatory authority, or sophisticated financial services regulatory practice within a major law firm.
• Familiar with anti-money laundering, data privacy, consumer protection and anti-bribery issues.
• A commercially savvy “business enabler”, who can proactively engage various stakeholders.
• Decisive, with excellent judgment, and adept at making smart decisions when faced with ambiguity and imperfect information.
• Executive presence, ability to lead and influence, and to articulate legal issues in layman terms.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal), with an ability to make complex regulatory concepts clear to business teams, engineers and regulators.

If you think you meet the above requirements and need more detailed information on the role or are simply looking for a new legal role in Asia not listed on our site, please send your CV in word format together with a cover note on reasons for your move to:

mark.deery@horizon-recruit.com OR kiantong.tan@horizon-recruit.com  

Or call our office line if you’d like to arrange a confidential discussion on:
Hong Kong office +852 3978 1369 OR Singapore office +65 6808 6635  

Or apply via our website.
Visit our website www.horizon-recruit.com for a comprehensive list of private practice, in house and compliance opportunities in Asia Pacific.

About Us
Horizon Recruitment is an Asian based legal recruitment agency specializing in the placement of partners, associates and team moves for leading international law firms in Asia. 

Owned & managed by former Magic Circle lawyers with experience working at top-ranking U.S. and Australian firms in Asia. 

We are not, and do not endeavour to be, the largest recruitment firm.  Our goal is to be the agency of choice for clients and for exceptional lawyers looking for opportunities in Asia for elite international law firms and in house roles. Particular expertise and track record in moving candidates from leading firms in London and the US into Asia (EW, ANZ, HK, SG, US lawyers). 

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