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Legal Counsel – Group Corporate Services Legal APAC (Singapore)

UBS

27 Nov 2023

Job Description
Job Reference #
282829BR

Job Type
Full Time

Your role
Are you well versed in outsourcing, procurement contracts and general corporate and commercial law? Can you deliver practical legal advice and partner with business to negotiate complex, high value contracts?

We're looking for someone like this to:

  • support our procurement partner and business colleagues to negotiate and document complex, high value contracts such as business process outsourcing, technology-related contracts, and real estate leases
  • provide training to help our partners understand and manage legal risks
  • work closely with other legal team in APAC to deliver holistic and practical advice to our business partners
  • collaborate with wider working groups including business and enabling functions in cross-divisional and cross regional initiatives

Your team
You'll be part of a regional team with members based in Hong Kong, Pune, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. We’re one of the few cross divisional teams in the Group Legal function. We advise our group functions (such as Group Technology and Group Corporate Services) as well as the 4 business divisions (Global Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Asset Management, and Personal & Corporate Banking) across all APAC locations where our business has presence.

Our work covers (among others):

– Goods and service procurement contracting

– Outsourcing & Offshoring

– Corporate Real Estate

Your expertise
You have:

  • proven experience in one or more of our coverage areas
  • excellent drafting and negotiating skills, combined with a good sense of judgment
  • ability to work collaboratively with others, and also independently (and yet know when to escalate)
  • ability to learn quickly, continually develop, and apply knowledge to achieve commercial outcomes
  • at least 6 years PQE trained at an international law firm or working in-house in a global organization.

You are:

  • a strong communicator, comfortable interacting with colleagues at all levels and from all different functions
  • qualified in one of the major jurisdictions in APAC
  • meticulous with good analytical and project management skills
  • result-oriented and assertive (you don’t shy away from challenging situations)
  • comfortable working in a dynamic and complex environment

Position - Your Expertise:

About Us
UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

Join us
At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements
UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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