Employment and Investigations Counsel

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

 

Job title: Employment and Investigations Counsel         

Corporate Title: Vice President / Executive Director

Department: Legal

Location: Singapore / Hong Kong              

 

Department overview:

Legal department partners with management, business and other corporate divisions to support business to achieve long-term and sustainable business success with significant emphasis on ethics, compliance and conduct. Within legal department, we have transaction legal team that supports respective business as well as corporate and regional legal that provides legal advice and support to the respective regional management and entities.

 

 

Role description:

This is a regional role based in Singapore, with (i) primary reporting to the Head of Employment Legal (AEJ), and (ii) secondary reporting to a member of the Litigation and Investigations team (AEJ).  Regional coverage includes the following locations: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, S. Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Australia.

 

Responsibilities:

This role will require the candidate to provide legal support on a wide range of local and cross-border employment-related issues. In particular, the candidate will be responsible for:

• Advising on legal aspects of HR processes and operations
• Preparing and maintaining employment-related letter templates, employment handbooks and policies
• Supporting ER matters, performance cases, employee-related investigations and disciplinary matters
• Handling labour disputes and employment litigation, including wrongful termination claims
• Advising on employee-related data privacy issues
• Working with external counsel where needed

 

In addition, this role will require the candidate to provide support the Litigation and Investigations team in relation to the following:

• Assist in dealing with and managing investigations (regulatory and/or internal) across the firm’s business activities
• Reviewing investigation materials, conduct interviews, prepare investigation reports
• Respond to enquiries and requests from regulatory authority, law enforcement unit and internal stakeholders. 
• Working with external counsel where needed (as above)

 

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 3+ years (VP) / 7+ years (ED) experience of employment legal and employee relations and/or disputes in Asia
• Litigation experience is also a requirement
• Experience within the financial services industry
• Ability to cope with highly demanding and fast paced banking environment
• Demonstrate sound commercial experience and judgment
• Good interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills, and take ownership of issues and matters to their successful conclusion
• Demonstrated integrity and ability to foster a compliance culture
• Excellent organizational skills, including ability to prioritize and manage projects and templates
• Solid legal drafting skills
• In-house experience preferred
• Proficiency in Mandarin (reading, writing, and speaking) is an advantage where required to support business or client needs.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

 

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

 

DISCLAIMER:  This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 

 

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer