Review, draft, revise, and negotiate a wide range of agreements in English with customers, vendors, resellers, and other third parties
Excellent interpersonal skills and capability to build strong, trusted and effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across different functions and cultures
Where necessary, coordinate the localisation and translation of standard contracts and review outsourced translations of legal documents
Sharing responsibility for maintaining, updating and revising contract template agreements, processes and playbooks, supporting and leading on special projects where required
Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations that may impact the business
Identify, assess, and brief senior lawyers on potential and actual risks and legal exposures
Contribute to compliance initiatives by tracking, advising on, and implementing processes
Coordinating legal matters handled by external counsel or managed legal service providers
Training L&C team and/or business/function stakeholders

Ability to think strategically and creatively, identify legal issues, and help resolve them
Ability to juggle multiple matters at once and work independently in a fast-paced environment
Highly organised, articulate, detail-oriented, and hard-working
Strong ability to draft and negotiate contracts in English – drafting and negotiating in other languages is an advantage
Qualified to practice in India, Singapore, Malaysia or UK and registered member of a Bar Council (or the equivalent regulatory body in the country of such registration) AND possess law degree from an accredited tier-one law school
Sound administrative and time management skills, with sharp attention to detail
Must have experience working on complex transactional matters and the ability to take immediate ownership of matters (with escalation support, as needed)
Exposure to financial services and technology environments is advantageous
Previous managerial experience to oversee a team and ability to lead project workstreams

Legal Counsel

Key skills