General Counsel

Our client is a prominent player in the IT infrastructure business with operations spanning across various parts of Asia Pacific. There is now a need to hire an experience senior legal professional to be part of their regional legal and compliance leadership team as their General Counsel.

EA License Number: 16S8131
Recruiter License Number: R21104669

**Some of the key responsibilities will include**:

- Manage the provision of legal services and deliver high quality, commercially focused, cost-effective, and independent legal services to the organisation.
- Function as a proactive member of the Leadership Team, advise other team members on business decisions from a legal perspective.
- Resolve legal issues relating to the organisation operations in multiple markets across the Asia Pacific region, which may cover different aspects of commercial, regulatory, litigation, compliance, IP, and transactional matters.
- Lead all legal streams of work including regulatory review, structuring, due diligence and documentation for M&A and greenfield development opportunities across the Asia Pacific region.
- Guide and supervise the operating company legal and compliance teams on regional strategic matters.
- Put in place/monitor/supervise an effective compliance framework in conjunction with the finance team.
- Effectively develop & implement appropriate risk-mitigation strategies in relation to organization’s business operations.
- Evaluate the impact of evolving legal and statutory regulations pertaining to the relevant business function and advising the management on the implications on the business.
- Maintain good standards of corporate governance, including ensuring compliance with applicable laws, consents, regulations, Companies policies and rules.
- Oversee the corporate secretarial function and ensure compliance.
- Risk management: Maintain a comprehensive approach to risk, risk management, and compliance.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships of trust with key stakeholders.
- Operational leadership: lead and develop processes, systems to improve efficiency and quality of services; engage and manage external lawyers, as required.
- Execute for results and help deliver sustainable value to stakeholders.

**To be eligible for this role you will require**:

- Degree qualified in Law and minimum of 15 years of experience as a senior lawyer and management role in providing legal advice to leaders, executives, and the board. This will be gained in an in-house legal team ideally in an IT, data center, telecommunications, or technology business or in a leading firm practicing in these areas.
- Significant exposure to a wide range of law including commercial and contract law; company law, mergers and acquisitions; regulatory; dispute resolution; privacy; IT; procurement; intellectual property; anti-bribery; sanctions; and competition law;
- Substantial experience and knowledge of regulatory framework in jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region, ideally including Singapore, Greater China area, Indonesia and other SEA countries.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and experience in building relationships of trust and influencing outcomes across a range of stakeholders.
- Business judgment with the ability to develop pragmatic solutions to challenging business issues. This includes confidence to constructively give full and frank advice with a focus on risk management (not risk minimization).
- Internal and external negotiation skills.
- Strong customer focus and ability to develop and maintain internal and external relationships.
- Proven ability to act independently and provide commercially focused legal advice with a high degree of integrity.
- Experience with risk management and compliance.
- Proven ability to review, draft, and edit documents.
- Good command in both spoken and written English (with Mandarin as an added advantage).
- Ability to work cross-culturally as a cohesive team