Legal Executive

Samudera Shipping Line Ltd; Santo Niño 1st; On-site; PHP 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Samudera Shipping Line Ltd. is seeking an Executive, Legal to provide essential support to the Senior Manager, Legal & Compliance.

Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and proofreading contracts; handling due diligence and KYC/AML documentation; maintaining corporate records and contract databases; and coordinating governance matters with internal and external parties. The role covers legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial duties, with the backup coverage during leave and

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Law from a recognised institution.
• Up to 3 years of relevant legal, compliance, and administrative experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with drafting, reviewing, and proofreading contracts and routine legal requests.
• Support due diligence activities, including verification of authorisation letters and reviewing corporate documents.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of legal documentation and corporate records.
• Maintain and update contract database to track renewals, expiry dates, and follow-up actions.
• Provide administrative support for legal, compliance and corporate secretarial matters.
• Manage KYC/AML documentation requests from banks or external partners.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external parties on legal matters.
• Prepare and coordinate board/shareholder resolutions, minutes and governance documents as required.
• Support the Senior Manager, Legal and act as backup during leave.
• Assist in any other ad-hoc duties for the legal team.

Job description

Job Description

As the Executive, Legal, you will be responsible for providing essential support to the Senior Manager, Legal & Compliance in the review, drafting, proofreading of contracts, managing routine legal requests, and maintaining meticulous corporate records. You will assist with due diligence, contract administration, corporate record keeping, KYC/AML documentation and coordination with internal stakeholders and external parties. You will also provide administrative support for legal, compliance and corporate secretarial matters, and assist in ensuring proper documentation and follow-up of legal and governance matters.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with legal work, including drafting, reviewing, proofreading contracts and routine legal requests.




• Support due diligence activities, including verification of authorisation letters, reviewing and organising corporate, contractual and compliance documents.




• Ensure all legal documentation and corporate records are maintained accurately.




• Maintain and update a contract database or repository to track key dates including renewals, expiry dates and follow-up actions.




• Provide administrative support for legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial matters.




• Manage the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) documentation requests from banks or external partners.




• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external parties on legal and documentation matters.




• Assist in preparing and coordinating board / shareholder resolutions, minutes, announcements and related governance documents, where required.




• Support the Senior Manager, Legal and act as a backup during periods of leave when required.




• To support the Senior Manager, Legal in any other ad-hoc duties.

Job Requirement

• Diploma/Degree in Law from a recognised institution




• Up to 3 years of relevant legal, compliance, and administrative experience