Counsel, Offboarding and Litigation (APAC)

Multiplier; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Multiplier is seeking an APAC Counsel, Offboarding and Litigation to own Philippines-based matters and provide regional support across APAC. The role focuses on employment-law, due process, and dispute resolution, with audit-ready documentation and clear guidance for termination and related processes.

Based in a remote setup with Malaysia as the hub, you will coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to standardise offboarding and litigation workflows, draft robust agreements, and

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in an APAC jurisdiction with 3+ years PQE.
• Experience in Vietnam or Indonesia preferred.
• Strong employment and labour law expertise across APAC jurisdictions.
• Experience advising on employee terminations, redundancies, and disciplinary matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical employment-law advice on offboarding and disputes across APAC.
• Advise on terminations, redundancies, mutual separation and disciplinary procedures.
• Assess risks of offboarding strategies and propose compliant solutions.
• Draft and review termination letters, settlement agreements, and related documents.
• Manage employment disputes and collaborate with external counsel as needed.
• Coordinate with internal teams (HR, Payroll, Operations) to ensure compliant case management.
• Explain legal requirements to clients and non-legal teams with clear recommendations.
• Monitor APAC employment law developments and update internal guidance.
• Support standardisation of offboarding and litigation processes across APAC.
• Maintain accurate case records and monitor deadlines and dependencies.

Skills

APAC employment law

External counsel management

English fluency

Termination documentation

Job description

Role: APAC Counsel, Offboarding and Litigation

Location: Remote - Based out Malaysia

About the Role

We are seeking an APAC Counsel, Offboarding and Litigation to take full ownership of Philippines-based offboarding, conciliation, and litigation matters, while providing ad hoc litigation and offboarding support across the wider APAC region. You will serve as the in-house specialist on labor law, statutory due process, and dispute resolution, ensuring every termination and contentious matter is handled with legal rigor, commercial sensibility, and audit-ready documentation.

You will represent the company in APAC offboardings, proceedings, litigation, and administrative hearings, while simultaneously partnering with internal stakeholders and external counsel to strengthen offboarding frameworks. You will also work closely with the Product team to translate legal requirements and lessons learned from live cases into platform improvements that reduce risk and scale compliance.

The ideal candidate brings deep Philippine employment litigation expertise, the ability to navigate complex multi-jurisdiction APAC matters, and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset suited to a fast-paced, client-facing global environment.

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.