Regional Legal Counsel

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

Job summary

A leading tech-enabled recruitment platform in Southeast Asia seeks a Regional Legal Counsel. This role involves managing legal functions, providing strategic legal advice, and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions. The ideal candidate has significant experience in legal management and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years PQE with top-tier law firm and in-house experience.
• Admitted to the bar in Malaysia or Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the legal function and high-performing legal team.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations across SEA markets.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Legal Problem Solving

Data Protection

Education

LLB or JD

Job description

At Glints, we are building the #1 tech-enabled recruitment and career discovery platform in Southeast Asia that helps people and organisations realise their human potential by joining great organisations, learning the right skills and building great teams.

We’re looking for a Regional Legal Counsel to join our Legal team and be primarily responsible for all legal and compliance matters and strategy in the company. You will lead a multi-jurisdictional Legal team and be a trusted stakeholder and business advisor to the company. Your mission is to enable sustainable growth, manage risk, and guide ethical decision-making, all while building a scalable legal function that supports our cross-border business.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and manage the legal function and a high-performing and trusted legal team at Glints. Be responsible for all legal and compliance matters and strategy.
• Act as the primary legal advisor to the management and key stakeholders, providing legal and risk management advice to the business.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer contracts, partnership deals, and vendor agreements.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with laws and regulations across SEA markets for both our Regional Talent Solutions and Online Talent Platform businesses
• Establish, maintain, and build scalable legal policies, processes, and templates to improve operational efficiency.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks across all areas of the business. Be responsible for regulatory change management.
• Manage disputes, pre-litigation matters, and coordinate with external counsel on active litigation or regulatory actions and enquiries to safeguard the company’s interests.
• Oversee and advise on data protection and privacy matters, including the governance and legal oversight of data systems such as the company’s data lake.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, People, Product, Sales and Operations teams.
• Manage external counsel relationships and oversee budget and performance.

Why You Should Join Us

• Management experience of a multi-jurisdictional legal team that has already established trust with the business.
• Regional commercial experience in SEA, particularly in Singapore (HQ), Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan.
• Product experience, specifically: with our Regional Talent Solutions, employment compliance experience through our employer-of-record services, and with our Online Talent Platform, platform governance and compliance experience.
• Senior stakeholder and board management experience.
• Flexibility, autonomy and the opportunity to be your own boss.

Who We Are Looking For

• 5-8 years PQE, with a mix of top-tier law firm and in-house experience.
• LLB or JD from a reputable university in Singapore, Malaysia or a Commonwealth jurisdiction, with strong academic credentials.
• Admitted to the bar in Malaysia or Singapore.
• Experience in commercial, corporate and employment laws, and compliance.
• Start-up and SEA experience preferred.
• Confident, pragmatic, and business-minded approach to legal problem solving.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working autonomously as a self-starter.
• Prior experience managing legal teams or mentoring junior counsel is a strong plus.
• Data protection experience or certifications (e.g. CIPM and CIPP/A) is a strong plus.
• PreferablyMalaysiancandidates,butSingaporeancandidateswillingtorelocatetoKualaLumpurarealsowelcometoapply.

Let’s Realise Human Potential.

At Glints, we are building the #1 tech-enabled recruitment and career discovery platform in Southeast Asia that helps people and organizations realize their human potential.

We have impacted many lives but there’s still plenty to be done. If you’re ready to grow and make an impact, you’ve come to the right place.

What is Glints?

Glints is the leading talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia, with an enduring purpose of contributing to a world where people and organizations can realize their human potential.

Today, Glints is the most well-funded and well-capitalized startup in the talent recruitment space in Southeast Asia, with over US$80M in total investments raised till date.

Our tech-enabled approach to recruitment and career discovery connects more than 4 million candidates to their next dream opportunities. We have also supported more than 50,000 companies in finding top talent and doubling recruitment efficiency.

Our agility and firm hold on our core purpose and values have allowed us to remain resilient and thrive through tumultuous times.

In 2020, we were recognized by LinkedIn as one of the Top 10 Startups in Singapore. In 2022, we were featured in the top 20 of Nikkei-FT-Statista High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021 list. Moreover, we were also featured in the top 10 fastest-growing companies in Singapore by The Straits Times.

Who We Are

At Glints, personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth. That's why we created the Glints Culture Code: #RIIBCOH. It defines our values, guides our decisions and actions, and is what makes us special.

Relentlessly Resourceful: Whatever it takes, just make it happen (ethically)

Integrity: Have courage, be guided by the truth, don’t be afraid

Impact: Missionaries, not mercenaries

Beginners’ Mindset: Stay humble, don’t be attached to ego

Customer Obsessed: Customers First

Ownership: Care intensely about the mission and take responsibility

High Standards: Dream big and deliver epic outcomes fast

Where We Work

Since Glints was officially launched in Singapore in 2015, we've rapidly grown our footprint across Greater Southeast Asia to operate in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Philippines.

Learn more about Glints and our culture at bit.ly/glintsculture,

Or check out our Careers Page at https://glints.com/careers!