Associate Counsel

Our client is looking for an Associate Counsel (Financial Regulations) to join their Vietnam financial services operations. They have been serving users and businesses across Greater Southeast Asia.

Requirements

● Qualified lawyer with 4-7 years’ post-qualification experience in financial services regulations and products.

● Strong working knowledge of financial services laws, the industry and products in Vietnam.

● Proven ability to manage complex matters, tight timelines and stakeholders, and to execute projects effectively.

● Experience structuring channeling arrangements, merchant/acquiring models, and fintech partnerships (BaaS, PSP, card & other schemes).

● Strong drafting and negotiation skills for commercial and regulatory contracts; experience with high value agreements and complex vendor/technology contracts.

● Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex legal issues for non-legal audiences.

● Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth, and matrixed environment, balancing commercial pragmatism with legal compliance.

Responsibilities

● Provide commercial and regulatory legal advice to business stakeholders on payments, lending, insurance, banking and wealth products.

● Draft, review and negotiate day to day and high value agreements (merchant/acquiring, PSP/BaaS, lending partnerships, distribution/agency, channeling, vendor and technology contracts, NDAs, professional services, leases, employment and IP contracts).

● Advise on channeling arrangements, distribution agreements, cooperation agreements, licensing and ongoing conduct of business implications on the business; design contracting frameworks that allocate compliance, settlement and liability appropriately.

● Take part in in legal structuring for new products and features, and go to market initiatives: commercial terms, regulatory permissions, data flows, operational controls and escalation points.

● Interpret and apply Vietnam data protection, cybersecurity and cross border data transfer rules to product design, vendor selection and contract terms; draft privacy notices, data processing agreements and retention policies.

● Maintain and update internal legal policies, playbooks and standard contract templates; ensure alignment with HQ templates and local law.

● Monitor regulatory developments (SBV, MOF, MOIT, Police, data protection authorities and sector regulators etc), assess impact on products/operations and coordinate timely legal/regulatory responses with HQ and business teams.

● Support dispute resolution, investigations, regulatory inquiries and any enforcement matters; coordinate with HQ legal and compliance as needed.

If this job interests you, kindly APPLY HERE, or send your resume to Ms. Nhi Dang at:

Email: nhi.dang@adecco.com

WhatsApp/Zalo: 0865 925 800