Legal Counsel

PRIME GLOBAL FINANCE CORPORATION; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Global Finance Corporation is seeking a Legal Counsel to lead the company's day-to-day legal and compliance functions under the Corporate Legal Head. You will provide legal advice to management, manage loan documentation and contracts, oversee litigation and regulatory coordination, and support corporate governance, data privacy, and risk management across the organization.

This role requires coordinating with external counsel, maintaining case trackers, and ensuring timely regulatory

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and opinions to Management and business units.
• Conduct legal research and interpret laws, regulations, and jurisprudence.
• Assess legal risks arising from operations, transactions, and initiatives.
• Oversee the review, preparation, execution, and safekeeping of loan and security documents.
• Validate documents against approved credit terms and conditions.
• Supervise mortgage annotation, registration, and collateral documentation.
• Review contracts, agreements, memoranda of agreement, and other legal documents.
• Monitor documentation deficiencies, exceptions, and completion requirements.
• Evaluate disputes, claims, collection cases, and foreclosure requirements.
• Recommend settlement or litigation strategies in coordination with Corporate Legal Head.
• Manage judicial, extrajudicial, administrative, and other legal proceedings.
• Coordinate the engagement and performance of external counsel.
• Maintain case trackers and provide regular litigation and recovery reports.
• Monitor applicable legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate regulatory registrations, filings, licenses, permits, and renewals.
• Oversee compliance calendars and submission deadlines.
• Coordinate with the SEC, AMLC, National Privacy Commission, and other relevant government agencies.
• Maintain compliance dashboards and exception reports.
• Support compliance reviews, regulatory examinations, and corrective-action monitoring.
• Support the preparation of corporate resolutions, minutes, certifications, and legal records.
• Maintain corporate and legal document repositories.
• Assist in corporate housekeeping and governance requirements.
• Coordinate significant corporate legal matters with Corporate Legal Head.
• Support implementation of the company’s Data Privacy Compliance Program.
• Coordinate data privacy incidents, risk assessments, and regulatory reporting.
• Manage intellectual property, legal registrations, and other legal matters assigned by Management or HHC Corporate Legal.

Job description

Job Objective

The Legal Counsel will be responsible for leading and coordinating the company’s day-to-day legal and compliance functions under the technical and functional oversight of Corporate Legal Head

1. Legal Counseling and Advisory

   • Provide legal advice and opinions to Management and business units.
   • Conduct legal research and interpret laws, regulations, and jurisprudence.
   • Assess legal risks arising from operations, transactions, and initiatives.
   • Elevate significant or precedent-setting legal matters to Corporate Legal Head.

2. Loan Documentation and Contract Management

   • Oversee the review, preparation, execution, and safekeeping of loan and security documents.
   • Validate documents against approved credit terms and conditions.
   • Supervise mortgage annotation, registration, and collateral documentation.
   • Review contracts, agreements, memoranda of agreement, and other legal documents.
   • Monitor documentation deficiencies, exceptions, and completion requirements.

3. Litigation and Legal Recovery

   • Evaluate disputes, claims, collection cases, and foreclosure requirements.
   • Recommend settlement or litigation strategies in coordination with Corporate Legal Head.
   • Manage judicial, extrajudicial, administrative, and other legal proceedings.
   • Coordinate the engagement and performance of external counsel.
   • Maintain case trackers and provide regular litigation and recovery reports.

4. Compliance and Regulatory Coordination

   • Monitor applicable legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
   • Coordinate regulatory registrations, filings, licenses, permits, and renewals.
   • Oversee compliance calendars and submission deadlines.
   • Coordinate with the SEC, AMLC, National Privacy Commission, and other relevant government agencies.
   • Maintain compliance dashboards and exception reports.
   • Support compliance reviews, regulatory examinations, and corrective-action monitoring.

5. Corporate Governance and Records

   • Support the preparation of corporate resolutions, minutes, certifications, and legal records.
   • Maintain corporate and legal document repositories.
   • Assist in corporate housekeeping and governance requirements.
   • Coordinate significant corporate legal matters with Corporate Legal Head.

6. Data Privacy and Other Legal Matters

   • Support implementation of the company’s Data Privacy Compliance Program.
   • Coordinate data privacy incidents, risk assessments, and regulatory reporting.
   • Manage intellectual property, legal registrations, and other legal matters assigned by Management or HHC Corporate Legal.

7. Reporting and Oversight

   The Legal Department Head will operate under a dual reporting arrangement:

   Administrative Reporting

   The Legal Counsel will report administratively to the General Manager for:

   • day-to-day operations;
   • manpower and resource management;
   • departmental planning and budgeting;
   • performance accountability;
   • coordination with PGFC departments; and
   • implementation of approved business plans and initiatives.

   Functional and Technical Reporting

   The Legal Counsel will report functionally and technically to Corporate Legal Head for:

   • legal policy and standards;
   • legal opinions and interpretations;
   • litigation and settlement strategy;
   • corporate governance guidance;
   • review of significant legal matters;
   • compliance oversight; and
   • escalation of material legal and regulatory risks.