Junior Risk Lawyer

LUMIERE SEARCH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LUMIERE SEARCH PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a Junior Risk Lawyer to join its legal and risk team. The role is an in-house position focusing on Singapore regulatory processes with regional advisory and governance responsibilities across the APAC region.

You will own regulatory tasks, draft and review agreements, and liaise with regulators and internal stakeholders to manage risk and compliance effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in private practice or in-house legal/risk environment.
• Litigation/disputes background welcome, keen to move into regulatory/risk career.
• Ability to interpret legislation, rules and regulatory guidance.
• Strong drafting, judgement, organisation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to handle advisory work and detailed regulatory implementation.

Responsibilities

• Manage all regulatory processes, including registrations, renewals, notifications and annual returns.
• Draft and review legal contracts and related documentation with focus on risk.
• Prepare regulatory applications and filings through authorities' online portals.
• Monitor regulatory conditions, deadlines, licensing requirements and status.
• Research/regulatory requirements and escalate high-risk matters.
• Maintain SOPs and compliance registers, improve policies and templates.
• Support professional indemnity insurance, governance matters and APAC regulatory projects.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Contract drafting

Stakeholder management

Legal research

Regulatory reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law

Job description

We are working with a professional services firm in their search for a Junior Risk Lawyer to join its legal & risk team in Singapore. The team covers offices across the Asia Pacific region. This is an in-house legal, regulatory and professional-risk role that combines ownership of Singapore regulatory processes with regional advisory, governance and risk-management work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all regulatory processes, including professional and entity registrations, renewals, notifications, annual returns and regulatory records.
• Draft and review legal contracts and related documentation, including engagement terms, supplier and third-party agreements, and other internal agreements, with a focus on identifying and managing risk.
• Prepare and submit regulatory applications and filings through the relevant authorities' online portals.
• Monitor regulatory conditions, filing deadlines, licensing requirements and registration status.
• Research and apply requirements issued by relevant regulators and government bodies, escalating higher-risk matters where appropriate.
• Maintain SOPs and compliance registers, and improve policies, procedures, guidance and templates.
• Support professional indemnity insurance, governance matters, lateral hires, operating-model changes and other APAC regulatory projects.
• Prepare practical briefings, training and management updates, and work with internal and external stakeholders to complete agreed actions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Law with at least 3 years of relevant experience, gained in private practice or in-house legal/risk environment.
• Lawyers from a litigation or disputes background are welcome to apply, particularly those keen to move into a regulatory and risk-focused career.
• Ability to interpret legislation, rules and regulatory guidance and translate them into practical requirements.
• Strong drafting, judgement, organisation and stakeholder-management skills.
• A practical approach and willingness to handle both advisory work and detailed regulatory implementation.

EA Licence: 24S2198 | Reg: R1987324