Legal Counsel

Kuok (Singapore) Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic company is seeking a Legal Counsel based in Singapore to provide comprehensive legal support for its global operations. The successful candidate will handle various legal tasks, including drafting agreements and managing external legal relationships. The role requires strong communication skills and experience within technology, data center, or related industries. Ideal candidates will have 4 to 10 years of experience and a proactive mindset.

Qualifications

• Preferably at least 4 to 10 years’ post-qualification experience within relevant industries.
• Able to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal support and assessing legal risk for global business operations.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal and transactional documentation.
• Engaging with external lawyers and managing legal expenditure.
• Formulating and implementing compliance policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Proactive attitude

Job description

Purpose of the Role:
K2 is seeking to engage a Legal Counsel with relevant experience to support K2, its data centre business. This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal support and assessing legal risk in respect of a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters, projects and regulatory, compliance and corporate governance-related issues where relevant, for K2’s global business operations.

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal and transactional documentation such as customer colocation service agreements, construction-related contracts, joint venture agreements, leases, project financing documentation, security agreements, consultancy agreements and other general commercial and operational contracts with varying levels of complexity.

• Engaging/liaising with external lawyers where required, and managing associated legal expenditure.

• Formulating, developing and implementing process-oriented improvements and risk/knowledge management initiatives, such as model contracts and clauses, contracting principles/policies, precedent databases, checklists and other tools.

• Overseeing the implementation of critical compliance policies, procedures and training.

• Preferably at least 4 to 10 years’ post-qualification experience within the technology, data centre, telecommunications, real estate and construction industry(s) or sector(s), with construction, real estate and/or corporate/M&A experience, from a top-tier law firm or corporate in-house legal department.

• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Proactive and progressive in self-development.