Legal Counsel

FICO; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FICO is seeking a legal professional in Singapore to prepare, review, and negotiate IT-related agreements including software licenses, professional services and NDAs. The role is in the legal department and requires independent work under senior staff, with diplomacy and humor when dealing with demanding clients.

Requirements include a Law degree and bar admission, strong contract experience in IT agreements, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Law degree and admitted to practice in a recognized bar.
• Experience reviewing and drafting IT-related agreements.
• Knowledge of IP basics is desirable.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Customer-centric with internal/external collaboration.

Skills

IT contracts

Contract negotiation

Communication

Client handling

Multi-project management

English fluency

Education

Law degree

Bar admission / admitted to practice

Job description

This position is responsible for the preparation, review and negotiation of a variety of information technology related agreements, including software license agreements, professional services agreements and nondisclosure agreements.

This position is in the legal department and requires the successful candidate to work independently and under oversight of senior legal staff. The successful candidate must be able to work under pressure, maintain a diplomatic manner with (sometimes) difficult and demanding clients and retain a sense of humour.

Skills & Experience

• Law Degree AND admitted or qualified to practice in a recognized bar.
• Contracts experiences in the review and drafting of information technology related agreements. Familiarity with issues that arise in the negotiation of those agreements is essential. A general knowledge of the principles of intellectual property (mainly copyright) is desirable but not essential.
• Strong verbal/written communication and problem-solving skills.
• Customer centric and focused approach in supporting both external and internal customers.
• Fluent in English. Proficiency in other language(s) of Asia will be an advantage.

Personal Characteristics

1. The following are essential attributes:

• An ability to negotiate independently with client contract administrators and procurement/sourcing personnel.
• An ability to organize a heavy workload.
• An ability to pick up issues quickly, to articulate complex matters clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing to team members and senior management.
• An ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
• An ability to resolve problems in a calm, logical fashion, working under pressure and retaining a sense of humour.

2. A general knowledge of the principles of US GAAP software revenue recognition practice is desirable but not essential.

3. A willingness to work outside of “regular” office hours to meet deadlines and communicate with off-site team members and clients.

Our Compensation Approach

• Basic salary is dependent on experience, value and expected contribution
• We operate various incentive plans to recognise and drive performance; we will supply details applicable to this opportunity on a 1:1 basis.
• Employee benefits in line with local market practice are offered in each FICO location – relevant details will be supplied on a 1:1 basis.