Legal & Regulatory Risk Adviser

Eligibility Requirement

Applicants must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. Employment pass or work pass sponsorship is not available for this role.

Overview
We are seeking a Legal & Regulatory Risk Adviser for our APAC Legal & Regulatory Risk team which covers Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. The role will report to the APAC Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk and work closely with the APAC Senior Risk Lawyer in Singapore.

This is an in-house legal, regulatory and professional-risk role within an international law firm. It combines ownership of Singapore regulatory processes with regional advisory, governance and risk-management work. It is not a fee-earning role and is not intended as a route back into private practice. It is also not a legal secretarial, HR or general administrative support position.

Key responsibilities

• Manage Singapore legal-services regulatory processes, including lawyer and law-practice registrations, renewals, notifications, annual returns and regulatory records. 
• Prepare and submit LSRA Certificates of Registration and related eServices applications. 
• Monitor regulatory conditions, filing deadlines, lawyer ratios and registration status. 
• Research and apply requirements issued by the LSRA, MinLaw, SILE and other relevant authorities, escalating higher-risk matters where appropriate. 
• Coordinate regulatory enquiries, reviews and audits, and prepare correspondence and first drafts of submissions. 
• Maintain SOPs, compliance registers and improve relevant policies, procedures, guidance and templates. 
• Support professional indemnity insurance, governance matters, lateral hires, operating-model changes and other APAC regulatory projects. 
• Prepare practical briefings, training and management updates, and work with internal and external stakeholders to complete agreed actions. 

Candidate profile

We welcome applications from:

• A junior lawyer with approximately 2-4 years of post-qualification or equivalent experience who is interested in a long-term in-house legal-risk career; or
• A legal or regulatory risk professional with a law degree and approximately 3-6 years of relevant experience in a law firm, professional-services firm, regulator or in-house function.

Admission in Singapore or another common-law or a civil law jurisdiction is advantageous but not essential. A current practising certificate is not required.

Required experience and capabilities

• A law degree and relevant legal, regulatory, compliance or governance experience. 
• Ability to interpret legislation, rules and regulatory guidance and translate them into practical requirements. 
• Experience with regulatory filings, professional registrations or other deadline-driven compliance processes. 
• Strong drafting, judgement, organisation and stakeholder-management skills. 
• A practical approach and willingness to handle both advisory work and detailed regulatory implementation. 
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills. Experience with compliance trackers, dashboards or reporting tools is useful.

Experience that would be advantageous

• Experience in the internal risk, regulatory, independence, quality or general counsel function of a law firm or other professional services organisation.
• Knowledge of Singapore legal-services regulation, LSRA or SILE processes, or experience of APAC regulatory and professional-risk matters.
• Working knowledge of Chinese (written and spoken) would be advantageous, given the role’s support for Greater China.
• Experience working across jurisdictions and with colleagues from different business functions and cultural backgrounds.

Development and scope

Role-specific training will be provided. Relevant advanced legal or compliance training may also be supported for a candidate who is not professionally qualified as a lawyer. The role offers meaningful ownership, regional exposure and the opportunity to develop as a specialist in legal, regulatory and professional risk within an international law firm.

What we offer

• A varied in-house legal and regulatory risk role with direct exposure to senior risk and business stakeholders in APAC and globally.
• Ownership of core Singapore regulatory processes together with participation in broader APAC regulatory matters and projects.
• A long-term specialist career path in legal risk, regulation, governance and compliance.
• A collaborative working environment.
  

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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