Assistant Manager-Legal Affairs

Job Summary: Responsible for a wide range of corporate and commercial matters within the organization, including but not limited to, drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on various contracts and related documentation and providing corporate and commercial advisory services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Preparing, drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal contracts, agreements or any other kind of related legal documentation against the organization’s legal and business interests, policies and procedures from a legal and commercial perspective.

2. Interfacing with internal departments and external parties such as external counsel, supplier/vendor and/or other third-party legal departments and other stakeholders in respect of contractual documentation or other corporate/commercial matters.

3. Leading the on-going development of standard form documentation to ensure accuracy, consistency, compliance with legal requirements and effective management of legal risk;

4. Maintaining a repository of standard form document templates for easy reference with version control and proper tracking of dates of circulation and use;

5. Collaborating with Remedial Litigation Unit and other members of the Legal Department to assess case precedents and external counsel recommendations to implement necessary amendments to legal documentation to prevent adverse litigation outcomes.

6. Providing legal advice, transaction and due diligence support and in particular, to negotiate, manage and report on the legal aspects of a range of corporate, investment, joint venture, M&A transactions;

7. Advising on intra-group transactions and drafting and reviewing intercompany service level agreements;

8. Assisting Head of Legal in preparation of reports and presentations to Executive Management, Management Committees and the Board of Directors, when required;

9. Assisting Head of Legal in managing external counsel, key stakeholders and other third parties to ensure quality of performance and minimize costs, in addition to managing external legal advice to ensure that sound and commercially useful advice is provided to internal stakeholders;

10. Assisting Head of Legal in developing, reviewing and implementing procedures and policies to ensure the organization’s compliance with applicable laws;

11. Assisting Head of Legal in investigating and responding to specific customer complaints which require legal opinion after referral from Head of Remedial;

12. Assisting Head of Legal in Department automation, digitalization and implementation of legal matter management software;

13. Assisting Head of Legal to identify and report any matters which are of strategic, reputational or material financial value to Executive Management;

14. Assisting Head of Legal in ensuring there is appropriate horizon scanning of legal and regulatory developments and ensuring that the relevant internal stakeholders are advised in a timely and appropriate manner;

15. Acting as one of the Department Risk Champions and complying with the applicable KPIs for such role;

16. Assisting Head of Legal in setting KPIs for external counsels in respect of corporate and commercial services under the responsibilities listed herein;

17. Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards;

18. Collaborating with cross-functional teams comprised of all or some of the internal departments to support business objectives;

19. Assisting in conducting legal research to ensure the Company’s operations are up to date with the latest legal changes;

20. Working with other members of the Legal Department team and other internal departments to ensure that there is a coherent and seamless delivery of legal services; and

21. Maintaining up to date and accurate records relating to all matters listed above.