Contract à Malaisie

Job Description - Legal Manager (GETB) (25000089)

Legal Manager (GETB) (

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Department, you will be responsible in managing and carrying out the whole spectrum of legal related services to ensure legal matters/issues which may raise a potential legal risk to the company are appropriately managed as well as ensuring continuity of good corporate governance in the company.

The Job

• Providing accurate and comprehensive legal opinion in parallel to the risks of each legal issue and
• support to the executives in a broad range of legal topics including but not limited to regulatory
• compliance, employment, risk management, contracts, liability and insurance/takaful, interdepartmental advisory services as well as applying effective risk management techniques and
• other proactive advice on possible legal issues.
• Drafting, vetting and/or advising on various legal documentations such as contracts, agreements,
• marketing and distribution of company’s products including brochures, policy contracts,
• advertising materials, marketing and advertising strategies for all business units/distribution
• channels.
• Attending to meetings, engaging, consulting, negotiating and/or liaising with relevant stakeholders
• of the company (regulators, external advisors, contract parties, internal parties, etc.) on
• operational matters, claims matters, products related matters and project as well as reviewing and
• executing periodic updates on panel of solicitors.
• Providing legal support and advice on all legal queries on operational matters, claims matters, and
• issues referred by business units/stakeholders.
• Carrying out legal research in relation to legal issues arising from legal agreements/documents and
• business operations.
• Ensure familiarity on the various aspects of products/documentations and the product
• Representing the company with the Head of Department in litigation cases, preparing company update on litigation cases.
• Any other duties of an in-house counsel.

Our Requirements:

• Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) or its equivalent and admitted to the Malaysian Bar with at least 5 years ofpractice in litigation.
• Experience in insurance/takaful business is not a prerequisite but an additional advantage.
• Possesses excellent command of verbal and written English and drafting skills, communication,and interpersonal skills.
• A team player, self-motivated, able to work independently, possess a strong work ethic,meticulous, strong sense of responsibility, high degree of integrity and multi-tasking skills, goodcoordination, attention to details, analytical and problem-solving skills, high resilience, and agilityin a fast paced and changing environment, able to prioritize and deliver work within tight timelines.