Associate Director, Dispute Support, APAC

CONTROL RISKS GROUP (S) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Director for its Asia-focused dispute support practice. This role involves leading complex dispute strategies, managing client relationships, and driving business development initiatives across the APAC region. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with senior colleagues and play a key role in enhancing the firm's profile as a market leader in dispute support. With a focus on innovative research and high-quality service delivery, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of dispute management in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of experience in disputes and investigations intelligence.
• Strong ability to write and present information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex disputes work and manage client relationships.
• Develop business strategies and enhance company profile in Asia.
• Oversee multiple assignments and ensure high-quality service delivery.

Skills

Dispute Strategy

Client Relationship Management

Project Management

Open-Source Research

Crisis Management

Fluency in English

Fluency in Asian Language

Job description

Role purpose

When clients are engaged in disputes, Control Risks provides expertise to assess strategy, investigate facts, support settlement and assist with enforcement. With 40 global offices and 50 years of experience, we are experts in intelligence gathering, investigative analysis and complex problem-solving, regionally and globally.

We are hiring for an Associate Director for our Asia-dedicated dispute support practice. Based in Singapore, the successful candidate will have responsibility for growing and developing the practice across APAC in close collaboration with the Regional Head of Dispute Support, and the global specialist team which provides strategic intelligence and forensic analysis used to inform dispute strategies, asset tracing, fit-to-sue assessments, and expert-accounting / quantification issues.

Role tasks and responsibilities

Dispute strategy and management
• Lead on opportunity management and delivery of complex disputes work including proposals, project management, and client briefings.
• Ensure best-in-class execution and innovation around open-source research, source enquiries, and analysis.
• Manage and grow new and existing client relationships, with a focus on winning high-value, repeat mandates from law firms, in-house legal counsel and litigation funders.
• Play a leading role in developing our dispute support strategy alongside senior colleagues.

Business development
• Attend client meetings and pitch disputes work to prospective clients (external counsel, in-house counsel, arbitration practitioners, litigation funders) in Asia, independently and in conjunction with local colleagues.
• Consistently develop the company’s position with its clients to enhance business development in close co-ordination with the other practice areas, and secure higher fee-earning engagements.
• Identify opportunities to differentiate Control Risks’ services by applying crisis management, fraud and forensics, and political and country risk methodologies from other practice areas.
• Work closely with senior colleagues in Asia and the global disputes team to plan and execute strategies to raise Control Risks’ profile as a market leader for dispute support.
• Represent Control Risks at events and other business development functions and assist in developing Control Risks’ profile within and outside Asia.

Case work
• Oversee and execute multiple complex assignments, create project teams, and set plans, deliverables and project budgets.
• Collaborate with peers in other Business Intelligence practices to ensure our research is innovative, responsive and of high quality, identifying where technology could be best applied for research efficiencies or improvements in delivery.
• Manage output from direct reports: ensure rigorous quality control and the highest standards of service delivery.
• Ensure projects are priced, structured and managed effectively to deliver on profit and within margin targets.

Team management and culture
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative environment in cross jurisdictional project teams, drawing in the right resources on a case-by-case basis.
• Deliver and periodically review disputes and litigation support training across the Business Intelligence team.
• Identify and make recommendations for how to address any improvements in our internal skills and capabilities.
• Ensure that the team's legal and compliance requirements are understood and adhered to, including the implementation of associated training.

Requirements

- At least six years experience of working in disputes and investigations intelligence

- Ability to write and present concisely and convincingly

- Fluency in English and at least one other Asian language