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Regional Head of Legal, APAC Operations

Attractive senior regional legal position for experienced lawyers!
Hong Kong

Your New Company
My client is an international insurance / financial services company headquartered in Europe and is present in more than 50 countries. They are now looking for a smart and energetic Head of Legal to join their team.

The Role
  • Manage the legal activities across the Asia Pacific Region
  • Provide advice and assistance to the Region on a wide range of legal issues
  • Ensure that the entities within the Region remain compliant with all applicable regulatory obligations
  • Fulfil a coordination role across the entities in scope to ensure that legal responsibilities are duly understood and carried out.
  • Ensure effective interactions with all relevant supervisory authorities for the Region, liaising with the regulators on behalf of the group

Job Duties
  • This role will focus on supporting front-end transactional teams with structuring policy coverage to suit policyholders’ needs, review policy wordings, drafting and reviewing vendor agreements, distribution agreements and reinsurance agreements;
  • You will set strategy and goals for the legal team in alignment with goals expected from multiple stakeholders within the organisation;
  • You will be lead complex workstreams associated with organisation-wide projects, including new products, outsourcing etc;
  • You will develop and provide trainings on legal issues, processes and policies to multi-level audiences across the organisation; and
  • This role will require you to utilise excellent legal training and then combined with stakeholder engagement skills to manage legal enquiries throughout Asia Pacific. To the extent necessary, to liaise with external counsel to obtain the appropriate legal advice.

Job Requirements
  • Minimum of 10 PQE and above with common law background.
  • Background in insurance industry is essential, ideally from general insurance.
  • A mixture of law firm and in-house experience
  • Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement and with the ability to work independently.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' or for further information and a confidential discussion on this role or to find out about more opportunities in the in-house legal space, please contact Adrian Lam at Hays on +852 2230 7432 or email adrian.lam@hays.com.hk.


Summary

Job Type
Permanent
Industry
Insurance
Location
HongKong
Specialism
Legal
Ref:
1263120

Talk to a consultant

Talk to Adrian Lam, the specialist consultant managing this position, located in Hong Kong
6604-06,66/F, ICC, 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon

Telephone: +85222307432

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