Senior Legal Compliance Officer
1 week ago
**Job Title:**
Legal Compliance Specialist
**Overview:
As the primary legal counsel, you will oversee all legal and regulatory matters across our global operations. This role will work closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to ensure we operate within legal boundaries while upholding a high standard of ethical conduct.
**Key Responsibilities:
- Advise senior management on legal risks, regulatory changes, and the legal implications of business decisions
- Develop, implement, and manage legal policies, procedures, and documentation to ensure compliance with local and international laws and regulations
- Lead the drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and agreements with customers, vendors, suppliers, partners, and employees across multiple jurisdictions
- Oversee and maintain contract management systems and databases
- Ensure compliance with data protection laws (e.g., PDPA, GDPR), anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and other applicable regulations
- Monitor, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks across all business activities
- Handle internal investigations and respond to compliance breaches, regulatory inquiries, or litigation matters
- Drive legal due diligence for corporate transactions and strategic initiatives, including regulatory and compliance review
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel, regulatory authorities, and key stakeholders
- Provide legal support for corporate secretarial matters, board meetings, and corporate exercises
- Prepare regular legal and compliance reports for leadership
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB or equivalent); admission to practice in Singapore or another common law jurisdiction is preferred
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a legal or compliance role, ideally within a multinational or manufacturing environment, supervising/ managing experience
- Strong understanding of contract law, regulatory compliance, and legal operations in a manufacturing or B2B environment
- Prior experience handling cross-border transactions and coordinating with overseas subsidiaries or stakeholders
- Proficient in English and Chinese (spoken and written) to support cross-border operations and review documents in both languages
- Technologically proficient, with the ability to manage centralized contract systems, track key agreements and terms, utilize virtual data rooms (VDRs) or similar platforms, and assess digital tools to enhance legal operations
- Proactive, commercially minded, and capable of providing pragmatic legal solutions to support business growth
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