Senior Legal Counsel

SAP; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 315,000 - 473,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud technology firm seeks a Senior Legal Counsel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This role involves providing legal expertise for cloud services and software licensing contracts. The ideal candidate should have 7-8 years of legal experience, particularly in negotiating cloud agreements and compliance with regulatory requirements. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential to balance legal risks and business objectives. The firm emphasizes creativity and collaborative problem-solving aligned with its mission for innovation.

Benefits

Constant learning and skill growth

Great benefits

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 7 - 8 years of legal experience in applicable areas of law.
• Creative problem-solving skills within a compliance framework.
• Experience in negotiating cloud agreements and RFP responses.

Responsibilities

• Assist in structuring complex transactions.
• Draft and negotiate complex agreements for SAP services.
• Work closely with internal sales and pricing teams.
• Manage legal escalations and mitigate risks during negotiations.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

Strong relationship-building

Leadership skills

Excellent written and oral communication

Negotiation of cloud agreements

Regulatory compliance

Education

Graduation from accredited law school

Licensed to practice law in a commonwealth jurisdiction

Job description

We help the world run betterAt SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

SAP is seeking a Senior LegalCounsel to work within its field legal organization in the Asia Pacific (“APAC”) region. Based in Malaysia, you will be a part of the APAC legal team and will provide legal expertise for SAP and its business teams, particularly SAP’s sales teams, across the region.

The successful candidate will provide legal advice and support to the licence, cloud and field services sales organizations for SAP’s market and business units in APAC. This will include independently leading in drafting and acting as primary negotiator for cloud services, software licensing and support services contracts, data processing agreements, distributorship and partnership agreements with SAP’s customers in the private and government sectors and partners as well as responding to RFPs and tender documents. The successful candidate will work closely with other legal colleagues in the APAC region as part of an integrated team and collaborate with sales and services executives, SAP’s sales management, product, pricing, revenue recognition and bid management teams and other stakeholders in a time-pressured environment to help achieve SAP’s business objectives in accordance with SAP policies and applicable laws.

The successful candidate will also provide legal advice and counselling on a wide variety of matters, including management of claims, disputes and litigation matters, intellectual property, licensing, data privacy, license compliance matters and employment issues. Experience in the Cloud (software-as-a-service) sector is strongly preferred.

THE ROLE

• Assist with the structuring of complex transactions.
• Draft, redline, and negotiate complex terms and agreements with customers in the private and government sectors, including cloud, software licensing, professional services agreements, data processing agreements, etc. for SAP’s Cloud, Software, and Services business.
• Work closely with the Internal Sales, Pricing, and Revenue Recognition teams during the drafting and negotiation process.
• Assist the commercial and sales teams with legal escalations relating to the transactions you are working on.
• Help achieve SAP’s business goals and objectives by serving as a true business partner, balancing legal risks appropriately against the commercial objectives.
• Identify contractual risks and suggest alternatives that lead to optimal solutions.
• Work with sales, finance, and operations teams to ensure that contractual terms are compliant with legal, regulatory, and company policies and risk preferences.
• Integrate legal, business, technical, and practical analysis, and a high level of motivation, are essential.
• Assist in handling various field and corporate legal matters, including but not limited to, bid management, employment, privacy, intellectual property rights, claims and disputes management.
• Assist with special projects as assigned.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Graduation from accredited law school
• Licensed to practice law in a commonwealth jurisdiction
• 7 - 8 years of legal experience in applicable areas of the law and possess solid functional skills (gained in either a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal environment).
• Preference is experience and expertise in (a) negotiating key terms for Cloud Agreements, such as data protection, data analysis, security, compliance/regulatory, limitation of liability terms, etc. and (b) RFP responses for public sector customers, HR matters including HR litigation and upcoming regulatory topics like data localisation, data privacy and local content requirements.
• Strong relationship-building, leadership and communications skills, both written and oral in the specified language(s).
• Excellent/Fluent written and oral English
• You are creative and demonstrate the ability to “think outside of the box”, meaning that you know when to adhere to established guidelines but you are able question established practices by suggesting new approaches that further the objectives and goals of the Company within our risk and compliance framework.

Bring out your bestSAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.