Senior Legal Counsel

Schneider Electric; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy management company in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support across Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan. This role involves negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with various business functions. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Law, at least 6 years of experience, and excellent negotiation and communication skills. Opportunities for professional growth and a collaborative culture are available.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

Global Family Leave

Employee Stock Ownership

Qualifications

• A fully qualified lawyer with 6 years' relevant PQE is required.
• Experience in an international company with an in-house environment preferred.
• Ability to manage multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and support contract negotiations.
• Provide claims support and oversee litigations.
• Partner with commercial, HR, finance, and corporate functions.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Drafting skills

Communication skills

Fluency in English

Technological skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law

Job description

Schneider Electric’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life is On. Our mission is to be your technology partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world‑leading process and energy technologies, endpoint to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.

We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

The role : We are recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel, to join our Business Legal Team to provide strategic legal support across the cluster markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan (SMBT) partnering closely with business leaders and functional teams to ensure compliant, commercially sound, and risk balanced decision making. This role requires strong cross jurisdictional advisory experience and the ability to operate autonomously.

What will you do?

• Prepare, review and support negotiations of a number of contracts including commercial, distribution, software, procurement, construction, oil & gas and industry standard contracts.
• Lead or support cluster initiatives, policy rollouts & template localisation.
• Provide claims support and overseeing litigations.
• Help to ensure compliance with applicable laws and Group policies including driving the competition law program.
• Partner with senior leaders across commercial, HR, finance, procurement, operations, and corporate functions.
• Support corporate governance & entity management.
• Provide training to the business.
• Other general legal support as reasonably required by Legal Management to service the SMBT operations.

What will help you to be successful?

• A fully qualified lawyer with a Bachelor’s degree in Law and at least 6 years' relevant PQE.
• Worked in an international company and has a proven track record operating in an in‑house environment.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
• Experience managing multi‑jurisdictional regulatory issues.
• Work proactively and closely with the business stakeholders, to identify and analyse critical commercial and legal issues.
• Commercially minded, highly organized, and able to work effectively in teams.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal) & preferably with Traditional Mandarin (to support Taiwan operations).
• Great technological skills.

What do we offer?

• Opportunity to influence strategic business decisions through legal expertise.
• Dynamic work environment handling diverse and challenging legal matters.
• Professional growth through exposure to complex business transactions.
• Collaborative culture fostering innovation and excellence.
• Collaboration within East Asia and global teams.
• Comprehensive professional development opportunities.
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents.
• Global Family Leave.
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

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150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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