We are looking for a Legal Counsel to provide practical, commercially oriented legal support to a multinational group's Singapore entities, with selected involvement in Asia Pacific matters. The role covers first-level contract review and drafting, legal research, corporate secretarial support, data protection and compliance implementation, reporting to the Head of Legal. Material, complex or higher-risk matters are escalated rather than owned outright, making this suited to a lawyer building depth across a broad in-house remit.

Key Responsibilities

Provide practical and commercially oriented legal advice to business stakeholders across the Singapore entities.
Review and draft standard commercial contracts and support contract negotiations.
Identify non-standard, material or higher-risk contractual matters and escalate them to the Head of Legal or designated counsel.
Maintain contract templates, standard clauses and legal guidelines in collaboration with regional legal teams, and support improvements to contract-management processes across Asia Pacific affiliates.
Research assigned legal issues, prepare recommendations, and support disputes and claims through information gathering and documentation preparation.
Support corporate secretarial matters for the assigned Singapore entities, including statutory filings, corporate records and governance documentation.
Provide procedural guidance on corporate secretarial governance to entities across the Asia Pacific region.
Support data protection processes alongside Data Protection Officers, reviewing the collection, use and disclosure of personal data and supporting corrective action where required.
Support responses to data protection enquiries, assessments, investigations and regulatory requests under the guidance of the Head of Legal.
Support the implementation and maintenance of compliance policies covering ethics, anti-corruption, competition law, healthcare compliance and information security, and help regional subsidiaries apply them consistently.
Develop legal and compliance training materials and deliver awareness programmes to the business.
Support the adoption and continuous improvement of legal technology solutions, and maintain precedents, templates, guidance notes and other knowledge resources.

Requirements

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD), with admission to practise law in Singapore or another relevant common-law jurisdiction.
Post-qualification experience in corporate and commercial legal work, gained in private practice, an in-house legal function, or both.
Experience reviewing and drafting standard commercial contracts and conducting legal research.
Working knowledge of Singapore company law, including requirements relating to board and shareholders resolutions, corporate records and statutory filings.
Working knowledge of compliance and data protection requirements. Exposure to multi-jurisdictional or Asia Pacific matters is an advantage.
Ability to manage assigned work reliably, recognise matters requiring escalation, and work effectively with business stakeholders and other members of the legal team.
Strong legal research, drafting, organisational and communication skills.
Willing to travel to a west Singapore office once a month to support the business.

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Interested candidates may email your resume to Eline Poh ([HIDDEN TEXT])

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