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Asia Pacific Employment Incentives and Pensions Lawyer

Singapore, Singapore

Date live: Jun. 27, 2024

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Legal

Reference Code: 90392487

Contract: Permanent

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Asia Pacific Employment Incentives and Pensions Lawyer

Singapore

As a Barclays Asia Pacific Employment, Incentives and Pensions Lawyer, you will advise Human Resources, Employee Relations and other businesses and functions in Asia Pacific on EIP issues. You will collaborate with colleagues worldwide on cutting-edge employment law matters, you will advise on hires/exits, investigations, disciplinary and grievance issues, employment litigation, jurisdiction entries/exits, incentives and pensions, acquisitions/disposals, outsourcing/insourcing, regulatory engagement and the full suite of employment law issues.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

Working with APAC Head of EIP Legal to advise all businesses and infrastructure units in APAC on a full suite of employment, incentives and pensions legal and regulatory issues
Taking ownership for identifying, analysing and communicating legal risk to stakeholders, and ensuring timely and appropriate escalation and reporting of risk and control issues
Liaising with members of the Global EIP Legal team, other Legal teams and functions globally to share best practices and drive consistency and efficiency
Managing EIP litigation across Asia Pacific and advising on EIP law aspects of local, regional, and global projects
Conducting reviews and revisions of employment contracts, policies and templates
Participating in the development and improvement of processes, policies, and procedures designed to reduce EIP legal risk within Barclays
Ensuring changes and developments in legislation, regulations, guidelines, and practices affecting the business are analysed, evaluated and relevant stakeholders are engaged

What we’re looking for:

Qualified lawyer with experience of working in a market recognised employment, incentives, and pensions law practice (in a private practice and/or in-house environment)
Experience in managing legal issues in Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and/or Japan
Wide experience in managing employment disputes
Experience in M&A, acquisitions, disposals and outsourcing/insourcing

Skills that will help you in the role:

Some exposure to the financial services sector and investment banking organisations, in particular advising on financial regulatory issues
Experience in an in-house environment either as an employee or via secondment
Experience working across multiple Asia-Pacific jurisdictions

Where will you be working?

Our office is located in Marina Bay Financial Centre, which has been carefully crafted into a “city in a garden”. Overlooking the scenic skyline along the Marina Bay waterfront, the green spaces and rooftop terraces have been designed to optimise employee well-being. The centre provides an integrated live-work-play development, surrounded by shops, restaurants, gyms and an alfresco dining area. Our convenient office location means you’re just a 5-minute walk from the nearest MRT station.

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More about working at Barclays

Barclays has been in Asia Pacific for over 50 years, supporting corporations and financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region and connecting them to the capital markets of UK, Europe and the Americas. For more information click here.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business.

Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a Carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

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