Legal Counsel

• MNC, 5days workweek

• Start off with 3 - 6 months Contract and extend/convert to perm based on performance

2 headcounts available | URGENT HIRE

Responsibilities

1. Contractual Support for Tender, Offers, Variations & Extensions

• Recommend contractual structures that enhance competitiveness while respecting applicable regulations and internal governance

• Draft, revise, and negotiate contractual documents with customers, partners, and subcontractors

• Contribute to internal risk reviews, financial exposure assessments, and mitigation plans

• Ability to identify opportunities to protect or improve the project's financial performance

• Support the capture and preparation of variations, extensions, new phases or related offers connected to existing program

• Prepare and present contractual sections of internal approval documentation, including clear recommendations to management

2. Contract Management Throughout Project Execution

• Establish, manage, and continuously update the contractual baseline from contract signature to project closure

• Ensure full contractual awareness across the project team, enabling correct application of obligations, rights, deadlines, and deliverables

• Anticipate deviations and manage them proactively through contractual notices, waivers, amendments, claims, clarification requests, and other contractual instruments

3. Governance, Leadership & Coordination

• Act as the reference point for all contractual matters within the project

• Provide strategic and operational contractual advice to internal stakeholders

• Participate in departmental initiatives such as improving templates, tools, and best practices, contributing expertise linked to complex project execution

4. Compliance Activities

• Support relevant compliance processes for the tenders and projects (e.g. third‑party screenings) in coordination with the Compliance Officer (Antitrust, Anticorruption, Personal Data Protection (incl. GDPR), Trade compliance & Duty of vigilance), in particular:

• Escalate any potential non‑compliance issues where required.

5. Transversal Activities

• Provide country legal intelligence and knowledge to the relevant global, regional, or corporate stakeholders

• Interface with external counsels for analysis and management of specific legal issues in the framework of complex contractual and/or legal arrangements or claim/litigation procedures in the Region on a need-basis,

• Participate in a cross-functional working group for Legal, Contract and Compliance Department (contract management, IP, standard contracts, insurance…)

Requirements

• Academic background in Law, Contract Management, Business, or related field, equivalent to a Master’s degree‑level qualification (EU/UK/SG/US or other comparable higher‑education systems) including a Specialization in Law

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience as an in-house legal counsel working in an international context and as part of the legal department of a multinational company,

• Endowed with analytical and synthesis skills, you assess situations accurately and can easily propose pragmatic solutions,

• Understand the stakes associated with a major international Group’s compliance program,

• Master the techniques related to third-party review (third-party screening) and are able to conduct compliance analyses

• 5 days week, MNC near One-North MRT

  All Successful candidates can expect a very competitive remuneration package and a comprehensive range of benefits.

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