Assistant General Counsel - APAC M&A

MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA OPERATIONS PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc. Asia Operations seeks an Assistant General Counsel – APAC M&A to lead significant M&A transactions from Singapore and provide strategic legal guidance to the Corporate Development Team and business units across APAC.

You will draft and negotiate complex deals, coordinate with internal teams, manage outside counsel, and ensure governance and regulatory alignment across the region.

Qualifications

• LL.B./J.D. or equivalent law degree.
• Qualified to practise law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Experience independently leading significant M&A transactions.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate M&A, asset/share purchases, investments and JVs.
• Lead lifecycle of transactions: planning, due diligence, negotiation, closing and integration.
• Independently lead significant M&A and strategic transactions with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

M&A leadership

Cross-border M&A

Drafting & negotiation

Business-focused advisory

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Law degree (LL.B./J.D.)

Qualified to practise law

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.

Overview

Micron’s Legal Department is seeking an Assistant General Counsel – APAC M&A, based in Singapore, to support our Corporate Legal Team.

This role will provide high-quality and timely transactional legal support to Micron’s Corporate Development Team and other business units in connection with mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and major capital investments.

The successful candidate will work closely with legal subject matter experts and business stakeholders across the APAC region and globally, providing practical, commercially focused legal advice throughout the lifecycle of strategic transactions. The role will also support corporate governance and entity management matters.

Work Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements relating to mergers and acquisitions, asset and share purchases and sales, investments, joint ventures, and related ancillary documentation, including transition services agreements, consulting and employment agreements, tax matters agreements, and intellectual property license agreements.
• Provide legal guidance throughout the entire lifecycle of transactions, including transaction planning and structuring, due diligence, negotiation, execution, closing, post-closing regulatory matters, and integration support across the APAC region.
• Independently lead significant M&A and other strategic transactions, working closely with internal stakeholders and external advisers.
• Direct and manage outside counsel across relevant jurisdictions while ensuring effective management of legal spend.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across data privacy, intellectual property, regulatory matters, tax, public policy, security, finance, sales, procurement, and other functions to ensure transactions are aligned with Micron’s corporate strategy and policies.
• Partner with internal teams including HR, finance, accounting, tax, operations, and investor relations on transaction-related and other corporate legal matters, as needed.
• Identify and implement AI-enabled tools and workflows to improve deal diligence, contract review and drafting, transaction management, and other legal processes.
• Support corporate governance and entity management matters, as required.
• Identify and implement AI enabled tools and workflows to streamline deal diligence, contract review and drafting, and transaction management.

Minimum Qualifications

• L.L.B., J.D., or equivalent law degree, with qualification to practise law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• 8 years of relevant post-qualification experience gained at a law firm and/or in a corporate legal department.
• Demonstrated experience independently leading significant M&A transactions, including responsibility for negotiation, drafting, transaction execution, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong cross-border M&A experience, preferably involving transactions across multiple APAC jurisdictions.
• Strong legal drafting, negotiation, analytical, and transaction-management skills.
• Ability to explain complex legal matters clearly to business partners and non-lawyers and provide practical, commercially focused legal advice.
• Confidence in advising and influencing internal stakeholders and working effectively with external counsel and consultants.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in-house for a multinational corporation.
• Significant experience supporting transactions across APAC.
• Experience with venture capital investments, joint ventures, strategic investments, and/or major capital projects.
• Experience within the technology, semiconductor, manufacturing, or other complex multinational industries.
• Experience evaluating or implementing AI-enabled legal technology for due diligence, contract review, drafting, knowledge management, or transaction workflows.

Required Personal Attributes

• Ability to build strong and effective working relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, functions, and geographies.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple transactions and priorities simultaneously, including during demanding deal periods.
• Highly analytical, commercially minded, curious, and solutions-oriented.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance legal risk with Micron’s business objectives.
• Flexibility to support Micron’s global operations across different time zones, including occasional evening or weekend work when required by active transactions.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich lifefor all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron and Crucial brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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