Junior Legal Counsel

Soitec; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Soitec Singapore is seeking a paralegal/legal executive to provide contract management support across the regional offices. You will coordinate signing workflows, maintain standard templates, and assist with drafting and formatting a broad range of legal documents.

In this role you will handle corporate secretarial tasks for regional entities, maintain accurate records, process invoices, and support compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Law/Legal Studies or related field.
• 2–3 years paralegal or contract management experience in-house.
• Experience with contract management tools and DocuSign.
• Proficient in English and Chinese (written and spoken) for regional communication.
• Strong MS Office skills; high integrity and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in contract management, including tracking and filing agreements on the contract management platform, coordinate signing workflows across contracting parties, and maintaining up-to-date standard contract templates.
• Assist with drafting, formatting, processing of a broad range of documents, including preparing basic legal documents and/or performing initial reviews of contractual documents.
• Coordinate corporate secretarial matters for regional entities including preliminary drafting work, document execution, notarization, and legalization processes. Maintain an accurate database of corporate records and filings for all regional entities.
• Organize legal repositories, process invoices for legal matters, assist with filings and compliance workstreams.

Skills

Bilingual English/Chinese

Cross-functional collaboration

Discretion and integrity

Communication skills

Education

Degree/Diploma in Law/Legal Studies

Tools

Contract management tools

DocuSign

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Job description

• Provide support in contract management, including tracking and filing agreements on the contract management platform, coordinate signing workflows across contracting parties, and maintaining up-to-date standard contract templates.
• Assist with drafting, formatting, processing of a broad range of documents, including preparing basic legal documents and/or performing initial reviews of contractual documents.
• Coordinate corporate secretarial matters for regional entities including preliminary drafting work, document execution, notarization, and legalization processes. Maintain an accurate database of corporate records and filings for all regional entities.
• Organize legal repositories, process invoices for legal matters, assist with filings and compliance workstreams.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Degree/Diploma in Law/Legal Studies, or a related field.
• At least 2 to 3 years of experience in similar roles (paralegal, legal executive, contract manager) within an in-house corporate legal department/ function (preferred).
• Experience with contract management tools, DocuSign, Microsoft Office, and basic AI tools.
• Good command of English and proficiency in Chinese (written and spoken) to effectively manage communication and collaboration with other regional entities in Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan).
• Good general computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint).
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and work cross-functionally.