Head of Legal, Apac

5 days ago

Singapore Gerson Lehrman Group Full time

GLG’s legal team seeks a Head of Legal - APAC in GLG’s Singapore APAC headquarters, reporting to the global General Counsel. This is an excellent opportunity for a versatile attorney with an in-house background to become deeply embedded in a global company’s APAC operations.

The role will have many touchpoints with the business and both proactive issue spotting and reactive problem solving will be imperative.
- Leading a team of lawyers and legal assistants across APAC
- Negotiating client contracts, license agreements, leases, and other third-party agreements (leveraging AI when appropriate)
- Providing legal support and advising the Human Resources department on employee relations matters and compliance
- Guiding the business on international privacy and data security matters
- Work with outside counsel on leases, employment, privacy and other matters as needed across APAC region
- Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders and international colleagues to resolve legal matters arising from clients, experts, vendors and government/regulatory bodies
- Providing legal advice and support to multiple business segments, including Product, Accounting, Finance, Business Development and Client Services
- Law degree (LL.B. or higher) from a top law university, with demonstrated excellent academic performance
- 10+ years’ of experience including at least 5+ years of in-house experience at a mid-sized or large multi-national company
- Experience collaborating with business on complex agreements
- Experience managing attorneys strongly preferred
- Must be fluent in MS office and comfortable with AI tools, CLM systems and other technology.
- Exceptional written and oral English communication skills

**About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group**

GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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