Legal Consultant - Part time

By joining the Epiq Counsel Waitlist Roster of elite legal talent, you will be considered for future in-house engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences. Leverage our network to bridge the gap between your skills and organizations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of Epiq legal professionals!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control. Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each professionals practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for in-house legal matters including drafting agreements, addressing compliance issues, and participating in negotiation discussions. In order to succeed, this candidate should feel comfortable working with in-house and outside counsels on a variety of legal matters.

Parttime arrangement Approximately 1-2 days per week

Key Responsibilities - South East Asia coverage

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, services, distribution, marketing, confidentiality, and technology-related contracts.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks and recommend proportionate, business-oriented solutions.
• Support corporate governance and local corporate secretarial requirements, including the maintenance of appropriate records, approvals, and filings.
• Advise on advertising, marketing, consumer protection, competition, data privacy, and other matters relevant to business operations.
• Assist with the management of disputes, legal notices, claims, and external counsel where required.
• Provide legal guidance on new initiatives, commercial projects, and changes to business practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across functions such as Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Compliance, Procurement, Marketing, Regulatory, and Operations.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of legal templates, policies, processes, and compliance controls.

Experience and Qualifications

• Singapore or Hong Kong Legal Qualification required
• Ideally at least 8+ years of relevant post-qualification experience, gained in-house, in private practice, or through a combination of both.
• Working knowledge of South East Asia jurisdictions ideally Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.
• Experience advising an international or multinational business would be advantageous.
• Comfortable working in a flexible, part-time capacity and prioritising matters within a limited weekly allocation.