Job Description

Introduction
Step into a senior legal role where your advice will directly enable business growth and shape key commercial decisions across Southeast Asia & Korea. You’ll work at the intersection of strategy and execution, supporting complex deals, partnerships and operations. If you’re commercially minded, enjoy solving challenges across multiple markets, and want to influence outcomes at scale, this role offers both impact and variety.

Your Day to Day

• Partner with business teams to support growth through new hotel agreements, renewals and commercial negotiations.
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts, while maintaining strong relationships with owners and partners.
• Provide legal guidance on operational, compliance and regulatory matters across multiple markets.
• Lead and manage franchise regulatory filings, ensuring requirements are met and processes remain up to date.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to support transactions, deal structuring and risk management initiatives.

What We Need from You

• At least 10 years’ legal experience in private practice and/or in‑house roles.
• Qualified lawyer with strong experience handling complex, multi‑jurisdictional legal matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast‑paced environment.

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At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?