The Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel is a senior trusted advisor within China Construction Bank Corporation, Sydney Branch (/"CCBS/"), responsible for providing commercially focused legal advice and strategic support that enables the Bank to achieve its strategic, commercial, and operational objectives while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risk. About this Role Strategic Business Partnership: Builds trusted relationships with business leaders and stakeholders, understands commercial objectives, and provides practical legal advice that supports execution, informed decision-making and achievement of strategic business outcomes. Legal and Regulatory Expertise: Applies deep technical knowledge and translates complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical business solutions. Judgement and Decision Making: Exercises sound judgement and makes balanced decisions in complex, sensitive or ambiguous situations. Planning and Prioritisation: Effectively manages competing priorities and delivers high-quality outcomes within required timeframes.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Legal Advisory and Business Partnership Serve as the Bank's primary legal advisor, providing strategic, commercially focused legal advice and guidance to management and business stakeholders on matters impacting the Bank's operations, strategic objectives, governance arrangements and risk profile, ensuring legal considerations are effectively integrated into decision-making processes and business planning activities. Partner with business leaders across the Bank to identify opportunities, support strategic initiatives, facilitate complex transactions and develop practical solutions to legal and regulatory issues, balancing legal risk management with commercial objectives and operational requirements.



Act as a trusted strategic business partner by developing robust relationships across the organisation, promoting early engagement with Legal and fostering a culture where legal risk management supports responsible business growth, innovation and operational effectiveness. Support the successful delivery of business plans, projects, products and organisational initiatives by providing timely legal advice, constructive challenge and risk-based recommendations that enable informed decision-making and sustainable business outcomes. Transactional and Commercial Legal Support Provide legal oversight and support across wholesale banking, treasury, trade finance, private banking and corporate activities, ensuring legal risks are appropriately managed while supporting the efficient execution of transactions and commercial arrangements. Support the review, and management of legal risks within financing agreements, customer documentation, treasury documentation, technology agreements, outsourcing arrangements, commercial contracts and strategic business arrangements, ensuring contractual outcomes appropriately protect the Bank's interests and support business objectives. Develop and maintain contractual standards, legal templates and guidance materials that promote consistency, efficiency and sound legal risk management across the organisation. Legal Risk Management, Governance, and Regulatory Change Design,



maintain and continuously enhance the Bank's legal risk management framework, legal operating model, policies, procedures, standards and controls, ensuring legal risks are appropriately identified, assessed, monitored, reported and managed in accordance with the Bank's risk management framework, governance requirements and regulatory obligations. Provide oversight and guidance regarding legal risk matters, governance arrangements, delegated authorities, legal policies, legal procedures and operational controls, ensuring legal obligations and risk considerations are appropriately embedded within business processes, decision-making activities and organisational practices. Establish and maintain effective legal governance and operational processes, including legal advice management, matter management, legal records management, statutory notice management, legal reporting and document management frameworks that support effective legal service delivery and governance outcomes. Monitor legislative, regulatory and judicial developments impacting the Bank and conduct legal impact assessments to identify emerging obligations, risks and opportunities, coordinating implementation activities and supporting business stakeholders in responding effectively to legal and regulatory change. Develop and maintain legal reporting frameworks, management information, contractual standards, legal templates, guidance materials and performance metrics that support effective oversight of legal risks, legal matters, legal expenditure, litigation activities and the overall effectiveness of the legal function. Drive continuous improvement across legal governance, legal operations, legal service delivery and legal risk management practices throu

📌 Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel (Sydney)
🏢 China Construction Bank
📍 Sydney