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Create the future with Affin! You too can make a difference.
We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. Here, you don’t just stay at the forefront of the industry – you can make a difference too.
Job Purpose
Litigation
We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. Here, you don’t just stay at the forefront of the industry – you can make a difference too.
Job Purpose
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and manage overall cost savings for the Bank (Affin Bank Berhad and Affin Islamic bank Berhad) in its documents, both financial and otherwise.
- Manage (review, advice and prepare relevant documents) litigation cases against the Bank
- Provide legal advisory and review of loan/facility documents (Islamic and conventional) and non-banking / commercial agreements including procurement (IT & non-IT).
- Assist the Head of Group Legal with the tasks outlined below.
Litigation
- Monitor assigned litigation cases against the Bank to reduce case numbers, exposure and to eventually close the legal proceedings.
- Provide quarterly updates to the Management Committee, President & Group CEO, and the Boards.
- Escalate new cases as necessary.
- Manage the end-to-end litigation process, under Group Legal, including fact findings, liaising with panel solicitors, preparing documents, coordinating witnesses, attending meetings, advising stakeholders, and managing legal costs.
- Review / draft loan/financing documents (Islamic and conventional) for:
- Draft / review letters on an ad-hoc basis for Group Legal and other Business & Operating Units (BUs).
- Standardize loan/financing documents for existing and new products.
- Ensure legal compliance of standard documents/templates.
- Negotiate favorable legal terms with service providers.
- Review and provide legal input on new and renewal product papers / agreements / campaigns / arrangements submitted by BUs.
- Provide legal advice to all BUs across the Bank (Islamic and conventional).
- Research and provide updates on current legal issues and new/amended laws.
- Liaise with and obtain advice from external solicitors when necessary.
- Offer legal advisory on risk, credit, and operational issues.
- Ensure loan/financing documents comply with PDPA, Competition Act, FSA, IFSA, Companies Act and any other laws by recommending applicable clauses.
- Assist in checking/signing off Compliance Self – Assessment Matrix and related documents for compliance submission.
- Ensure outsourcing agreements adhere to BNM’s Outsourcing Policy.
- Attend to relevant processes and reporting within the Bank on compliance and risk management for Group Legal.
- Manage daily receipt of injunctions, winding-up, bankruptcy, garnishees and any other court orders with branches and provide relevant advice.
- Draft/review letters to be issued to relevant parties.
- Draft and submit memos to the Management and Solicitors’ Committee on matters pertaining to solicitors’ empanelment/management.
- Manage end-to-end process for empanelment, removal, suspension.
- Conduct performance reviews of panel solicitors to ensure quality and compliance with the Bank’s standards.
- Update the system for panel solicitors’ Professional Indemnity.
- Address general queries on empanelment/assignment of work.
- Qualifications and Experience:
- LLB holder;
- Minimum 3 to 5 years PQE as a practicing lawyer;
- Candidates with commercial and/or Islamic banking experience will be viewed preferably.
- Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong research and analytical skills;
- Strong written and spoken language skills;
- Commercially oriented, dynamic, and quick to grasp new issues;
- Ability to work and support as a team member;
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Create the future with Affin! You too can make a difference.
We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. Here, you don’t just stay at the forefront of the industry – you can make a difference too.
Job Purpose
Litigation
We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. Here, you don’t just stay at the forefront of the industry – you can make a difference too.
Job Purpose
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and manage overall cost savings for the Bank (Affin Bank Berhad and Affin Islamic bank Berhad) in its documents, both financial and otherwise.
- Manage (review, advice and prepare relevant documents) litigation cases against the Bank
- Provide legal advisory and review of loan/facility documents (Islamic and conventional) and non-banking / commercial agreements including procurement (IT & non-IT).
- Assist the Head of Group Legal with the tasks outlined below.
Litigation
- Monitor assigned litigation cases against the Bank to reduce case numbers, exposure and to eventually close the legal proceedings.
- Provide quarterly updates to the Management Committee, President & Group CEO, and the Boards.
- Escalate new cases as necessary.
- Manage the end-to-end litigation process, under Group Legal, including fact findings, liaising with panel solicitors, preparing documents, coordinating witnesses, attending meetings, advising stakeholders, and managing legal costs.
- Review / draft loan/financing documents (Islamic and conventional) for:
- Draft / review letters on an ad-hoc basis for Group Legal and other Business & Operating Units (BUs).
- Standardize loan/financing documents for existing and new products.
- Ensure legal compliance of standard documents/templates.
- Negotiate favorable legal terms with service providers.
- Review and provide legal input on new and renewal product papers / agreements / campaigns / arrangements submitted by BUs.
- Provide legal advice to all BUs across the Bank (Islamic and conventional).
- Research and provide updates on current legal issues and new/amended laws.
- Liaise with and obtain advice from external solicitors when necessary.
- Offer legal advisory on risk, credit, and operational issues.
- Ensure loan/financing documents comply with PDPA, Competition Act, FSA, IFSA, Companies Act and any other laws by recommending applicable clauses.
- Assist in checking/signing off Compliance Self – Assessment Matrix and related documents for compliance submission.
- Ensure outsourcing agreements adhere to BNM’s Outsourcing Policy.
- Attend to relevant processes and reporting within the Bank on compliance and risk management for Group Legal.
- Manage daily receipt of injunctions, winding-up, bankruptcy, garnishees and any other court orders with branches and provide relevant advice.
- Draft/review letters to be issued to relevant parties.
- Draft and submit memos to the Management and Solicitors’ Committee on matters pertaining to solicitors’ empanelment/management.
- Manage end-to-end process for empanelment, removal, suspension.
- Conduct performance reviews of panel solicitors to ensure quality and compliance with the Bank’s standards.
- Update the system for panel solicitors’ Professional Indemnity.
- Address general queries on empanelment/assignment of work.
- Qualifications and Experience:
- LLB holder;
- Minimum 3 to 5 years PQE as a practicing lawyer;
- Candidates with commercial and/or Islamic banking experience will be viewed preferably.
- Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong research and analytical skills;
- Strong written and spoken language skills;
- Commercially oriented, dynamic, and quick to grasp new issues;
- Ability to work and support as a team member;
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.