Legal Counsel

Easiertrades Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Easiertrades Pte. Ltd. seeks an experienced Legal Counsel to back the Group General Counsel in regulatory licensing and general commercial matters. The role involves hands‑on work, drafting policy documents, and coordinating with external law firms and regulators across time zones.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years of fintech or financial services experience, a JD/LLB, and strong stakeholder management skills for Compliance, Partnerships, Sales, and Business teams. Singapore location.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of relevant experience in fintech, payments, or financial services law.
• Experience with regulatory licensing across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong drafting of governance documents, memoranda, and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group General Counsel on global regulatory licensing matters (Singapore, US, HK, AU).
• Provide broad general counsel support across corporate, commercial, disputes, and compliance.
• Manage external counsel relationships and draft policy/governance documents.
• Act as trusted advisor to Compliance, Partnerships, Sales, and Business teams.

Skills

Regulatory licensing

Corporate/commercial law

Stakeholder management

External counsel coordination

Policy drafting

Education

Law degree (JD/LLB)

Job description

Legal Counsel (Regulatory Licensing, Corporate Commercial & General Counsel Support)

We are seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to support our Group General Counsel across two core areas: (1) global regulatory licensing matters spanning jurisdictions that include Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong, and Australia, and (2) broad general counsel support across corporate, commercial, disputes, compliance, and partnerships matters. This is a hands‑on, high‑ownership role suited to a lawyer who is comfortable managing multiple external counsel relationships, drafting original policy and governance documents, and acting as a trusted internal advisor to Compliance, Partnerships, Sales, and Business teams.

The ideal candidate has a commercial/corporate background or alternatively a cross‑border regulatory experience (financial services/payments/fintech licensing strongly preferred), is confident in liaising directly with external law firms and regulators, and can independently manage competing workstreams across multiple time zones.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified lawyer (JD/LLB or equivalent) with bar admission in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• Work Authorisation: We prefer applicants who already hold a valid work pass (such as an Employment Pass or S Pass) or are Singapore Citizens/PRs. Please clearly indicate your current work authorisation status in your application.
• 5 – 10 years of relevant experience, ideally including in‑house experience at a fintech, payments, or financial services company, and/or corporate/commercial or regulatory practice at a law firm.
• Demonstrated experience with financial services licensing (e.g., payment institution licences, money transmitter licences, or similar) across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience managing and coordinating with external counsel across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously.
• Strong drafting skills across policy documents, governance frameworks, memoranda, and contracts.
• Comfortable working across time zones and attending recurring calls with international stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience supporting Compliance, Partnerships, Sales, and Business teams.
• Familiarity with privacy law, dispute resolution processes, and corporate governance matters is a plus.

Key Attributes

• High ownership mindset – comfortable driving workstreams independently with minimal oversight.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple concurrent regulatory and commercial workstreams.
• Clear, concise communicator able to distil complex legal/regulatory issues for non‑legal stakeholders.
• Pragmatic, commercially‑minded approach to legal risk.

Reporting line: Group General Counsel

Location: Singapore

Job Type: Full time.