Legal Counsel

The Edge Partnership SingaporePosted 2 hours ago Permanent Excellent Package
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- Our client is a prominent industrial product brand with global presence. They are now looking to hire a highly driven, dynamic and experienced Legal Counsel to be part of their APAC legal team. The Legal Counsel will be handling a variety of legal and compliance related matters including contract review, legal advisory, day to day legal support of on-going compliance initiatives.

Some of the key responsibilities will include:
Be a legal advisor and strategic business partner to group companies, senior management and management teams, including legal implications and legal aspects of business practices, corporate strategies and legal trends. Responsible for supporting in all legal matters and overseeing and supporting all compliance matters and activities.
- Providing risk management support for group companies, including identification of and mitigation of risks
- Providing ad-hoc review or input on company secretarial matters, where appropriate, and corporate governance related areas.
- Providing pro-active legal services to the business teams in Asia Pacific region and regional headquarters with primary focus on the delivery of commercial/corporate support, which will include general contract review, drafting and negotiation of a broad range of contracts, including but not limited to commercial contracts such as purchase/sale & supply, distributorship, marketing, logistics and supply chain, and vendor and service agreements etc.
- When required, you will also provide strategic legal advice pertaining to commercial disputes & dispute resolution, HR & employment, debt collection, logistics, supply chain, intellectual property, data privacy, corporate governance, compliance matters, M&A and strategic transactions etc.
- Review existing company policies, internal procedures and process improvement initiatives such as improving existing contract review processes to work towards greater automation/ higher efficiency
- Provide regular updates on relevant legal developments and conduct legal trainings for relevant teammates and stakeholders
- The role will also provide compliance support, such as development, implementation and execution of regional and global compliance initiatives, including conducting and coordinating trainings, reviewing compliance and other policies, in particular for legal risks, if any and supporting on-going implementation of existing compliance policies and initiatives, including facilitating operation of existing compliance policies, conducting refresher trainings and launching of initiatives to reinforce key messages.

To be eligible for this role you will require:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, with at least 7 PQE, either with a reputable law firm or a suitable in-house position in a corporate law department (MNC Preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders is a must. Experience working with persons from varied cultural backgrounds is advantageous.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team is a must.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and assignments in a time pressure environment is a must.
- Ability to develop process driven solutions to reoccurring issues is advantageous.
- Excellent written and spoken English language skills. Proficiency in Mandarin or any South-East Asian language would be advantageous but not essential.

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- Job ID JOB-10060