Assistant Manager, Legal

Job Summary

This role will report into the Vice President, Legal.  He/she will provide legal support to stakeholders/business units in a timely and efficient manner, with a focus on practical and commercial solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist business users to identify and assess risk in their day-to-day operations and provide legal solutions to mitigate risk. 
• Provide cross border legal advice and support on all legal issues or queries to various regional functions/ business units.
• Review, draft and advise on contracts and other legal documents.
• Ensure contracts and legal documents are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and internal policies or controls.
• Assist business users in negotiation of contracts and other legal issues with external parties. 
• Liaise and coordinate with external legal advisors or consultants as required and manage such costs within budget.
• Conduct legal research and analysis needed to produce legal opinions, arguments, and documents.
• Keep up with current changes on all relevant areas of laws and pro-actively revise contracts, and legal documents and internal policies as required.
• Maintain good communication with business users so as to understand business concerns and changes in operation and propose revisions and updates to legal documents and internal policies as required.
• Manage and improve the legal framework to ensure compliance with applicable laws and the achievement of the company’s strategic objectives.
• Assist with ad-hoc projects assigned.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent 
• At least 2 years’ PQE from law firm or in-house. In-house corporate lawyers from leading companies are preferable.
• Able to work independently as well as a team player.
• Barrister-at-law or Lawyer’s License is preferable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and commercial minded with strong interpersonal skills.
• Good computer skills to operate basic Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)