Senior Legal Counsel

7 days ago

Singapore Sentient Full time

**Your Role**

Senior Counsel at Sentient take on myriad responsibilities across all areas of the business, with exposure to senior executives, cross-functional business leaders, and high profile external counterparties.

**Your Responsibilities**
- Work closely as an advisor to the business on all legal matters, especially on corporate matters and certain product questions, including negotiating contracts with collaborators and vendors.
- Draft and negotiate bespoke, first-of-their kind agreements for Sentient products and collaborations within the space.
- Provide legal guidance to operating entities, including advice on product development and compliance as well as corporate governance and operational best practices.
- Develop and drive legal contracting processes and workflows.
- Manage outside counsel efficiently and effectively where they are engaged in connecting with high profile and other projects, while maintaining domain expertise.
- Escalating matters to the cofounders where and when needed.
- Pitch on all matters that arise that require your expertise.
- Ensure legal compliance in multiple jurisdictions, collaborating with external counsel (e.g., termination notices, General Release forms).
- Implement policies and manage record retention across departments.
- Support commercial and financial agreements, including BD deals, contractor agreements, and advisor fees.

**What you’ll need**
- J.D. degree from a top tier law school and admission to at least one state bar
- 5 years of experience at a reputable law firm and/or in-house
- Superior negotiation and drafting skills, as well as deep knowledge of contract terms
- Strong skills in drafting and reviewing contracts and managing compliance across multiple regions.
- Excellent academic credentials and references
- Ability to work cross-functionally with various internal teams, and external stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent judgment and decision-making skills, and the ability to interact productively with other attorneys and staff, in-house client groups and outside counsel

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