Legal Counsel

SAVILLS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SAVILLS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. is seeking a commercially-minded lawyer to join our contracts and corporate team in Singapore.

The role focuses on drafting, reviewing and negotiating routine and lower-risk contracts, tenders and related governance matters, with escalation on higher-risk issues. The candidate will support cross-functional business units, maintain contract templates and ensure proper delegation of signing authority.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' PQE in commercial or corporate work.
• In-house and real estate, construction or facilities management experience an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with tenders and commercial contract negotiation; working knowledge of Singapore real estate services environment is an advantage.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills; clear, practical advice to non-lawyers.
• Commercially-minded; problem-solver; organised, proactive and discreet; manages a high volume of matters, registers and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts (service, agency, referral, NDAs, appointments, vendor, variations); escalate matters outside agreed thresholds with a risk summary.
• 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.
• Coordinate LCR inputs to APAC and Group reporting; support ESG compliance obligations from the legal and compliance side.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Microsoft Office

Tender processing

Education

PQE in commercial/corporate law

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Contracts and Tenders

• Draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts (service, agency, referral, NDAs, appointments, vendor, variations); **escalate** matters outside agreed thresholds with a risk summary.
• 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 **escalate** 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.
• 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.
• Commercially-minded; problem-solver.
• Organised, proactive and discreet; manages a high volume of matters, registers and deadlines in a lean team; proficient in Microsoft Office.