Job Description

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel for the Group Legal team to provide legal support, advice and guidance across a broad range of practice areas.

Job Description

Corporate Legal

Oversee and manage the legal advice and support for corporate legal topics, including:

• Branding (Intellectual Property): intellectual property protection, brand licensing agreements, and oversight of global trademark assets (supported by tools like DiamsIQ).
• Data Protection: Oversee the legal framework for global data privacy and compliance in close alignment with the Data Protection Officer (DPO).
• Procurement (General Commercial Law): Establish standardized vendor agreements, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and standard commercial contract playbooks.
• People & Culture (Employment Legal): Deliver proactive legal advice and guidance on a range of employment legal issues, both contentious and non-contentious.

Stakeholder Advisory & Strategic Partnering

• Serve as a trusted, high-level legal partner to Group Function Heads for corporate legal topics, aligning legal risk management with corporate strategy.
• Provide strategic counsel on corporate legal and regulatory risks, ensuring consistent decision-making across business units and locations.
• Maintain strong, proactive coordination with other legal teams to ensure a seamless escalation flow for complex issues.

Process Efficiencies

• Lead the identification, simplification, and standardization of routine legal tasks and contract reviews.
• Drive the operational adoption of key legal technologies (e.g., Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), document management systems and Generative AI).
• Structure and manage external legal counsel, driving spend efficiency.

Key Qualification

• Degree in Law with at least 10+PQE
• Singapore qualified
• At least 10+ years experience as in-house lawyer in real estate industry, preferably with a multi-jursidiction remit
• Mandarin or Thai language skills an advantage