Senior Legal Counsel (Senior Manager)

About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 34 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD's customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.

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The Job

1) Regulatory Reporting and Advisory

• Develop and implement processes and procedures to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure meeting all regulatory reporting requirements.

• Provide advice and assistance to internal stakeholders in compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements.

• Analyze and advise on the legal impact of new or changes in existing legislation, rules, regulations, guidelines concerning the businesses and operations of the Company.

• Review and update existing internal policies and procedures, manuals and guidelines in view of the changing legal environment to the extent that the businesses and operation of the Company are concerned.

2) General Commercial

• Provide corporate advisory and general commercial and legal advice to business units and departments on corporate projects, new business initiatives and development of the Company and the Group.

• Working with external lawyers in relation to transactions and a wide range of legal issues. Monitor quality of legal services provided by external lawyers.

• Draft and review commercial contracts.

3) Ad Hoc Tasks

• Handle any other legal-related responsibilities assigned by the General Counsel from time to time.

The Person

• Qualified Hong Kong lawyer with 5-7 years post qualification

• Experience in and from life insurance companies or financial services industry or corporate and commercial department in law firms is highly preferred.

• Familiar with Insurance Ordinance, Companies Ordinance, Securities and Futures Ordinance, and Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

• Meet functional targets

• Fluent in written and spoken English & Chinese (Putonghua optional).

• Strong analytical and legal research skills.

• Good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.

• Able to work independently and as a team player.

We offer 5-day work, 20-22 days annual leaves, excellent learning & development opportunities and an attractive package to the right candidate.

Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purpose. The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter. When there are vacancies in any of our subsidiaries, holding companies, associated or affiliated companies of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with the Company during that period, we may transfer your application to them for consideration of employment. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability or family status in employment process.