Legal Manager

Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn. Berhad is seeking a Legal Manager to ensure compliance with applicable laws and to protect the company’s interests in legal matters.

The role involves providing legal advice to management and various departments, developing policies, and overseeing contracts and governance initiatives. You will draft and negotiate commercial agreements, manage the contract lifecycle, and maintain signed agreements.

Qualifications

• 8 years' experience in Construction (Corporate/Litigation), Litigation, or Industrial Relations.
• Excellent multi-tasking and inter-personal skills to manage issues across the Group.
• Excellent command of English and Bahasa Malaysia essential
• Proactive in keeping the Group abreast of regulatory and legal developments affecting the Group's business.
• Preferred if experienced in managing government-related contracts and familiar with government procurement processes.
• Bonus if experienced or knowledgeable in Construction Contracts Management or fluent in other languages (e.g. Hindi, Tamil, Mandarin)

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support and advice to management and departments on legal matters including compliance.
• Develop policies and manage roll‑out consistent with company policies, including audits and investigations.
• Arrange for execution and signing of legal documents, stamping and distribution of contracts to parties.
• Advise on Corporate Governance and Compliance issues and carry out required legal research.
• Identify appropriate commercial contracts in accordance with business needs.
• Support contract lifecycle management: drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts with customers, suppliers and third parties.
• Draft, analyse, review, negotiate and manage contracts and other legal documents, liaising with contracting parties.
• Maintenance and safekeeping of all signed agreements, contracts and other legal documents.
• Identify legal risk in drafting/reviewing documents and advise on mitigation.
• Liaise with external counsel on litigation portfolio and coordinate actions and strategies.

Education

LL.B or equivalent degree or experience

Job description

The legal manager is responsible for ensuring that the organization follows the relevant laws and regulations in its activities, as well as protecting its interests and rights in legal matters.

Key responsibilities

Provide legal support and advice to the management as well as different departments on legal matters and issues arising from the operational business including but not limited to compliance matters.

Develop policies and manage roll‑out consistent with the company policies including but not limited to carrying out audit and investigations.

Arrange for execution and signing of legal documents, stamping and distribution of contracts and documents to respective parties.

Advise management on Corporate Governance and Compliance issues and the relevant laws and carry out research as and when required.

Provide support and advise the company on identifying the appropriate commercial contracts in accordance with the business needs.

Support the contract lifecycle management within company in terms of drafting, reviewing and negotiating different kinds of commercial contracts for the company with customers, suppliers and any other third parties.

Drafting, analyses, review, negotiate and manage contracts and other legal documents including liaison with the contracting parties.

Maintenance and safekeeping of all signed agreements, contracts and other legal documents.

Identify legal risk in the course of drafting and reviewing legal documents including advice to be given to mitigate such risks.

Liaise with external counsel in connection with Company's litigation portfolio; to initiate legal actions against third parties and to defend legal actions by third parties, as well as coordinating and standardizing legal actions and strategies.

Experiences & Qualifications

8 years' experience in the following areas: Construction (Corporate/Litigation), Litigation (from legal firms or in-house), or Industrial Relations

LL.B or equivalent degree or experience

Excellent multi-tasking and inter-personal skills to manage issues across the Group.

Excellent command of English and Bahasa Malaysia essential

Proactive in keeping the Group abreast of regulatory and legal developments affecting the Group's business.

Preferred if experienced in managing government-related contracts and familiar with government procurement processes.

Bonus if experienced or knowledgeable in Construction Contracts Management

Bonus if fluent in other languages, e.g. Hindi, Tamil, Mandarin

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• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Malaysia?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Legal Manager?
• Which of the following types of qualifications do you have?
• How many years experience in Corporate Governance do you have?
• Do you have Commercial Litigation experience?
• How many years' experience do you have in a contracts administration role?
• How would you rate your Bahasa Malaysia language skills?

Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn. Berhad proudly celebrates its 28th anniversary since its inception in 1996. Holding the esteemed “PKK Class A” Bumiputera and CIDB G7 Contractor status, our commitment revolves around delivering exceptional contract and construction management services. We dedicate ourselves to each project by deploying top-tier personnel, expertise,skills, and resources. Our dedication to excellence is underscored by our adherence to ISO MS 1722:2011, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 standards, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to quality. As a testament to our capabilities, we currently hold PETRONAS SWEC licenses , into the energy sector.

Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn. Berhad proudly celebrates its 28th anniversary since its inception in 1996. Holding the esteemed “PKK Class A” Bumiputera and CIDB G7 Contractor status, our commitment revolves around delivering exceptional contract and construction management services. We dedicate ourselves to each project by deploying top-tier personnel, expertise,skills, and resources. Our dedication to excellence is underscored by our adherence to ISO MS 1722:2011, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 standards, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to quality. As a testament to our capabilities, we currently hold PETRONAS SWEC licenses , into the energy sector.