Assistant Vice President, Legal

Astro; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astro Malaysia is seeking a dedicated Legal Counsel to support the Astro Group across Radio, Media Solutions, and Corporate & Compliance functions. You will advise on licensing agreements, marketing contracts, and complex regulatory matters, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.

The role emphasizes collaboration with internal stakeholders to safeguard the company’s interests. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong drafting, negotiation and advisory skills, with an interest in media,

Responsibilities

• Content production & licensing agreements including music production, licensing and rights clearances.
• Marketing service agreements for analytics, lifecycle management, venue rentals, market research.
• Miscellaneous: contest terms, NDA, tenancy, utilities procurement and advisory, personal data advisory.

Job description

Why Join Us?

• We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.
• We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.
• Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

It’s our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable.

Job Responsibilities

What You’ll Do:

Astro Radio Business

• Content production & licensing agreements: music production agreements including collaboration for provision of content such as radio streams, podcasts and various other literary work and music/video production agreements, talent engagement agreements; music library licensing; collection society blanket licenses; music rights clearances; music broadcast licence agreements
• Marketing: service agreements for marketing analytics and lifecycle management; venue rental agreements for marketing events; market research agreements
• Miscellaneous: contest terms; media campaign terms; non-disclosure agreements; tenancy agreements; utilities procurement and advisory, personal data advisory, service agreements

Astro Media Solutions Business

• Advertising agreements including ad sales commitments and incentive schemes and agreements; promotional collaboration agreements; agency agreements for sale of advertising inventory; barter agreements, collaboration agreements, and programmatic agreements.
• Other matters including client campaign assessment and advisory, personal data advisory.

Corporate & Compliance

• Corporate matters including coordinating/conducting due diligence on related party transaction exercise. Familiar with Bursa requirements.
• Conduct trainings internally as and when required.
• Support internal process compliance and work with various internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with various internal policies of the company.
• Coordinate with external legal counsels where required and manage disputes/litigation involving the company, including developing and directing any dispute resolution/litigation strategies.
• Support legal related queries from corporate functions at Astro, including Accounts Payable (e.g. merchant agreements, payment service provider agreements), Treasury (e.g. facility letters, credit terms), Revenue Assurance (e.g. inter-company agreements; support in copyright claims), Group Risk Management (e.g. insurance brokerage services), Corporate Secretarial and Human Capital.
• Able to assist the immediate supervisor/head of practice group in compliance matters for the Astro Group.

Others

• Able to assist the immediate supervisor/head of practice group in managing piracy matters end-to-end including target identification, working with external counsel to obtain convictions in civil proceedings.
• Present medium complexity legal concepts in a manner that is easy to understand and aids decision making, showing an ability to distill complex issues into concise summaries.
• With strong communications skills, build effective relationships with colleagues within both the Legal department and the wider business, developing trust and rapport at all levels.
• Work with the rest of the Legal department in providing a legal and regulatory framework for the business to operate within, by developing and disseminating compliance policies, template and precedents and also by providing legal training sessions.
• Bring attention to detail coupled with strong analytical and commercial drafting skills.
• Prioritise and plan effectively, demonstrating proactive and good organisational skills.
• Demonstrate commitment, integrity and judgment when presenting merits of transactions/risks exposure to Business Units.
• Adapt quickly, coordinate, prioritise and plan effectively in a fast paced environment with competing priorities.
• Demonstrate a passion for radio, TV and technology to help bring the best content and innovation to Astro customers.
• Interpret and apply laws and regulations, formulate and issue legal opinions to ensure that the interests of the company are safeguarded at all times.