Counsel, APAC

usemultiplier.com; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Multiplier is seeking an APAC Legal Counsel to join the Offboarding and Litigation Legal Team. The role focuses on employment and labour matters across APAC, including offboarding, performance processes, redundancies and disputes.

This is a fully remote position open to candidates across APAC, with Vietnam or Indonesia experience highly valued. The ideal candidate is a qualified lawyer with 3+ years of relevant post-qualification experience, fluent in English, and capable of drafting clear legal

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in an APAC jurisdiction with 3+ years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in Vietnam or Indonesia preferred.
• Strong practical experience in employment and labour law in at least one APAC jurisdiction.
• Ability to draft clear termination letters, settlement agreements and notices.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Experience coordinating matters across jurisdictions is an advantage.
• Ability to manage high volumes and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical employment-law advice on APAC offboarding and disputes.
• Advise on terminations, redundancies, performance matters and disciplinary processes.
• Assess legal and commercial risks of offboarding strategies.
• Draft termination letters, settlement agreements and related documents.
• Manage employment disputes with external counsel as needed.
• Collaborate with Legal, HR, Payroll and Operations teams for case management.
• Explain legal requirements clearly to clients and non-legal teams.
• Monitor APAC employment-law developments and update internal templates.

Skills

APAC Jurisdiction Expertise

Employment & Labour Law

Offboarding Experience

Termination & Redundancies

Disciplinary Procedures

English Fluency

Drafting Legal Documentation

External Counsel Management

Legal Risk Assessment

Education

Qualified Lawyer in APAC

Tools

Legal Drafting Tools

Job description

About us:
The global hiring revolution is shaping a future where talent can thrive everywhere, driving innovation and progress on a global scale. Multiplier is at the forefront of this change. By removing barriers and simplifying global hiring, we're creating a level playing field where businesses and individuals – (like you) – can compete, grow, and succeed, regardless of geography.
Multiplier empowers companies to hire, onboard, manage, and pay talent in 150+ countries, quickly and compliantly. Our mission is to build a world without limits, where ambitious businesses can look beyond borders to build their global dream teams.
Our unified employment platform, complete with world-class EOR, AOR and Global Payroll products, means it has never been easier to seize the global hiring opportunity.
The future is borderless. Lets build it together.
About the Job:

We are looking for an APAC Legal Counsel to join Multiplier's Offboarding and Litigation Legal Team. This role will focus on employment and labour law matters across the APAC region, including employee offboarding, disciplinary and performance processes, redundancies, mutual separations, grievances and employment disputes.

This is a fully remote role open to candidates based across APAC. Candidates based in Vietnam or Indonesia are particularly encouraged to apply; however, applications from other APAC jurisdictions will also be considered.

Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in an APAC jurisdiction, with approximately 3 or more years of relevant post-qualification experience.

• Experience in Vietnam or Indonesia is strongly preferred.

• Strong practical experience in employment and labour law in at least one APAC jurisdiction.

• Demonstrated experience advising on employee terminations, redundancies, mutual separations, disciplinary matters, performance management, grievances or employment disputes.

• Full professional fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential.

• Ability to draft clear and commercially practical legal advice, termination documentation, settlement agreements, legal notices and internal guidance.

• Experience managing external counsel and coordinating employment matters across different jurisdictions is an advantage.

• Strong legal research, analytical and risk-assessment skills.

• Ability to manage a high volume of matters, prioritise urgent cases and meet strict legal and operational deadlines.

• Comfortable working independently in a fully remote and fast-paced international environment.

• Ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to clients and non-legal teams.

• Practical, solutions-oriented and commercially aware approach to legal risk.

• Experience working in-house, within an international law firm or in a multinational, technology, HR or Employer of Record environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical employment-law advice on employee offboarding and contentious employment matters across APAC.

• Advise on terminations, redundancies, mutual separation agreements, performance management, disciplinary procedures, grievances and other employment-related processes.

• Assess the legal and commercial risks of proposed offboarding strategies and recommend compliant, practical solutions.

• Draft and review termination letters, settlement agreements, disciplinary documentation, legal opinions, consultation materials and other employment-related documents.

• Manage employment disputes, threatened claims and litigation, working with external counsel where necessary.

• Work closely with internal Legal, HR, Payroll, Operations and Customer Success teams to ensure legally compliant and timely case management.

• Communicate directly with clients, explain applicable legal requirements and provide clear recommendations on available options, procedures, costs and risks.

• Monitor developments in APAC employment law and maintain internal country guidance, templates and legal processes.

• Support the improvement and standardisation of offboarding and litigation processes across the APAC region.

• Maintain accurate case records and proactively manage deadlines, dependencies and stakeholder expectations.