Job Description

Are you ready to get ahead in your career?

• We want to empower you to turn your ambitions into achievements.
• We thrive in inclusiveness, diversity and embrace close collaborations for you to create impact for yourself and others.
• Together, we aim to bring the best of technology to help people, businesses and the nation to be ahead in a changing world.
• To realise our vision to become Malaysia’s leading converged solutions company, we are looking for a new talent to innovate and grow with us in a culture that values commitment, performance and possibilities.

Why does this job exist and why is it critical?​

What are you accountable for?

• Legal support & advisory to business divisions within the Maxis group to facilitate contracts and dealings with third parties.

• Collaborate with various departments within the Maxis group especially the consumer business and sales & services, teams to understand their requirements and concerns with a view to provide legal advisory and support – this will facilitate the operations of the Maxis group while ensuring compliance

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts e.g. partnership and collaboration agreements with retail service providers, merchants, distributors, resellers, dealers etc.

• Draft and review customer’s terms and conditions on retail product and services

• Provide legal advice on business operations relating to compliance such as areas involving the Consumer Protection Act 1999, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and the Personal Data Protection Act 2010

• Where required to interface, liaise and coordinate between Maxis group stakeholders and external counsel.

• Ensure Maxis’ interests are protected while complying with laws and regulations when undertaking assigned duties and tasks.

• Balance legal issues against commercial requirements in the performance of assigned duties and tasks. Rendering pragmatic legal advice while ensuring legal compliance and Maxis’ interests are protected

• Advice must be practical while ensuring Maxis’ interests are protected and compliance with law observed

What do you need to have for this role?

• Degree in Law (LLB)

• Minimum 7 to 10 years’ experience post being called to the Bar with at least 3 years in a private practice with a leading law firm

• Able to work independently

• Positive, passionate, collaborative

• Thrives in a challenging and dynamic environment

• Enjoys learning new things, meeting new people and working with diverse range of internal stakeholders.

• Critical thinking and good problem-solving abilities

• Strong communication, inter-personal and negotiation skills when dealing with counter-parties to a transaction as well as internal stakeholders.

What’s next?

• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
• Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

Maxis values diverse voices & people. We hire and reward our employees based on capability & performance — regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, education, religion, nationality or physical ability.