Legal Consultant - Cloud / SaaS

Axiom Law; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Remote or on-site work options

Job summary

Axiom Law in Singapore seeks a Legal Consultant with cloud/SaaS experience to support a Fortune 200 global tech client across APAC for 1+ year. This role provides high-impact commercial work, requiring superb drafting, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, product, engineering and security teams.

The position offers remote or on-site work depending on client preferences, with a strong emphasis on go-to-market strategy, cloud security and risk allocation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating cloud/SaaS and enterprise tech agreements.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Senior candidates based in Singapore; for those based outside, 10+ years of relevant experience preferred due to relocation considerations.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate cloud / SaaS and enterprise technology agreements.
• Lead and support enterprise-level negotiations with customers across APAC.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to sales, product, engineering and security teams on go-to-market strategy, cloud security and commercial risk allocation.
• Work closely with global legal and cross-functional teams to implement and continuously improve templates, playbooks and contracting processes.

Skills

Cloud/SaaS contracts

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Tech industry experience

Job description

Currently, we are seeking a Legal Consultant (legal qualification is not a must) with strong Cloud / SaaS experience to provide long-term (1+ year) support / potentially ongoing engagement to a Fortune 200 global technology client. This role will focus on high-impact commercial work across APAC

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate complex cloud / SaaS and enterprise technology agreements
• Lead and support enterprise-level negotiations with customers across APAC
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to sales, product, engineering and security teams on go-to-market strategy, cloud security and commercial risk allocation.
• Work closely with global legal and cross-functional teams to implement and continuously improve templates, playbooks and contracting processes.

Requirements

• Strong legal experience, from inhouse or private practice, over negotiating cloud / SaaS and enterprise technology agreements. Such prior / current experience from tech company is preferred.
  • Seniority is flexible for strong candidates based in Singapore. For candidates currently based outside Singapore, 10+ years of relevant experience is preferred due to relocation considerations.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills, comfortable handling complex, time-sensitive deals.
• Regional exposure is an asset but not a must; legal qualification preferred butnot required.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a range of competitive compensation and a highly competitive benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace that includes health benefits and paid time off. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites work both / either remotely or on site with our clients, depending on theirs and client’s preferences.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

Learn more about working at Axiom.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities

Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at [e-mail] and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line.

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full privacy notice is available at https://www.axiomlaw.com/privacy-notice.

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work.

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