Legal Counsel

Savills Singapore; Singapore; Vor Ort; SGD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Savills Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced corporate and commercial counsel to draft, review and negotiate routine and complex contracts, tenders, and corporate documents. You will support business units with practical, legally sound advice while helping maintain governance standards across the group.

The role requires strong drafting and negotiation skills, familiarity with Singapore real estate and regulatory matters, and the ability to coordinate with external counsel and corporate

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 3 years' PQE in commercial or corporate work; in-house and real estate, construction or facilities management experience an advantage.
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent law degree from a recognised university; admission to the Singapore Bar or another common law jurisdiction an advantage but not required.
• Hands-on experience with tenders and commercial contract negotiation; working knowledge of the Singapore regulatory environment for real estate services an advantage.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills; clear, practical advice to non-lawyers.

Aufgaben

• Draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts (service, agency, referral, NDAs, appointments, vendor, variations); escalations handled.
• Review tenders and awarded contracts, prepare qualifications and clarifications to deadlines, and hand over key obligations to delivery teams.
• Maintain templates and update when necessary; administer the contract register, file executed copies and flag key dates in advance.
• Ensure legal documents are signed in accordance with the delegation of authority.
• Give practical, plain English advice to business units to move business forward, as a commercially-minded counsel.
• Triage requests, resolve those within remit, and elevate high‑risk matters with a recommended position.
• Draft board and shareholder resolutions, certified extracts and signatory mandates; circulate for signing and track completion.
• Coordinate with the external corporate secretarial provider on ACRA filings, statutory registers and annual deadlines; keep director, shareholder and delegation of authority records current.
• Coordinate LCR inputs to APAC and Group reporting to the reporting calendar; collate data from business units and subsidiaries and prepare drafts for the Director's review.
• Support the group's ESG compliance obligations from the legal and compliance side, including policies, audits and questionnaires.
• Handle work in-house where possible and scope and manage external counsel where needed; onboard vendors, process invoices and track fees against estimates.

Kenntnisse

Contract negotiation

Drafting

Legal advisory

Regulatory knowledge

Ausbildung

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent law degree

Jobbeschreibung

• Draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts (service, agency, referral, NDAs, appointments, vendor, variations); escal…
• Review tenders and awarded contracts, prepare qualifications and clarifications to deadlines, and hand over key obligations to delivery teams.
• Maintain templates and update when necessary; administer the contract register, file executed copies and flag key dates in advance.
• Ensure legal documents are signed in accordance with the delegation of authority.

Business Advisory

• Give practical, plain English advice to business units to move business forward, as a commercially-minded counsel.
• Triage requests, resolve those within remit, and elevate high‑risk matters with a recommended position.

Corporate Secretarial

• Draft board and shareholder resolutions, certified extracts and signatory mandates; circulate for signing and track completion.
• Coordinate with the external corporate secretarial provider on ACRA filings, statutory registers and annual deadlines; keep director, shareholder and delegation of authority records current.

Compliance and Group Reporting

• Coordinate LCR inputs to APAC and Group reporting to the reporting calendar; collate data from business units and subsidiaries and prepare drafts for the Director's review.
• Support the group's ESG compliance obligations from the legal and compliance side, including policies, audits and questionnaires.

External Counsel and Vendors

• Handle work in-house where possible and scope and manage external counsel where needed; onboard vendors, process invoices and track fees against estimates.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years' PQE in commercial or corporate work; in-house and real estate, construction or facilities management experience an advantage.
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent law degree from a recognised university; admission to the Singapore Bar or another common law jurisdiction an advantage but not required.
• Hands‑on experience with tenders and commercial contract negotiation; working knowledge of the Singapore regulatory environment for real estate services an advantage.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills; clear, practical advice to non‑lawyers.