Junior Legal Counsel and Compliance Officer, Sea

2 weeks ago

Central Singapore Bollore Logistics Asia Pacific Full time

**About the role**

**What you will be doing**

**1) Legal**
- Corporate governance: Handling of corporate secretarial duties, by coordinating with finance managers, external corporate secretary or law firms as well as BTL Corporate Legal Department and the Group Securities Department.
- Contract review: Reviewing, negotiating and drafting commercial contracts (freight forwarding and logistics services, agency, lease, tenders, etc.).
- Legal disputes: Handle all litigation and claims involving law firms and recovery agents. Oversee all other claims.
- General legal advice: Identifying, evaluating and managing legal risks in business decisions and operations by keeping abreast of relevant regulations. Giving timely legal advice as requested by the BUs.
- Training: To equip the BUs with basic legal knowledge, and to explain the processes, considerations and rationale.
- Data: Updating legal software with the relevant information and documents in a timely manner

**2) Compliance**
- Supplier Due Diligence: Ensure due diligence process is completed for critical vendors, e.g. intermediaries and top vendors. Ensure the reporting is fully completed.
- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption: organise monthly committees, giving trainings, reviewing risk mapping, implementing action plans, performing third-party screenings, review codes of conduct commitments, compliance questionnaires, compliance clauses (if this person is legal), as well as investigating whistleblowing alerts if necessary
- Trade and International Sanctions: assisting internal stakeholders to clear shipments in compliance with applicable embargoes and sectoral sanctions, whether on a spot basis or via the Transport Management System compliance module, train internal stakeholders on International Sanctions and Export Control, monitor local sanctions environment.
- Privacy and Data Protection: acting as Data Privacy Officer, when relevant, to implement the internal procedures, reviewing and analyzing relevant documents in conjunction with the Information Security Officers.
- Anti-competitive practices and cartels: keep abreast of local developments, organize awareness sessions and give advice as necessary.
- Implementation and monitoring of all other compliance-related policies, e.g. conflict of interest, director due diligence, client due diligence.

**3) Insurance**
- Claims handling, analysis, advice and declaration to the group insurance broker
- Advise BUs on insurance-related matters
- Renewal and evaluation of local insurance policies
- Assist in the development of the sale of marine cargo insurance

**Requirements**:
**Essential**
- LLB or LLM from a reputable university
- About 1 - 2 years PQE
- Meticulous, with the ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality
- Proactive, strives for continuous improvement
- Ability to multi-task and possesses excellent organization skills, ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently, with integrity and responsibility
- Excellent communication skills in English

**Desirable**
- Prior experience in a law firm/in-house setting will be advantageous
- Experience in Logistics/Shipping industry will be advantageous

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