Legal Counsel

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

Job summary

Savills Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking a capable lawyer to draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts, support tenders, and manage corporate secretarial tasks. You will maintain the contract register, ensure sign-offs per delegation, and provide practical advice to business units on commercial matters.

The role also involves coordinating with external secretarial providers, handling board resolutions, and contributing to compliance and reporting duties across APAC.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Draft board and shareholder resolutions, certified extracts and signatory mandates; circulate for signing and track completion.
• Coordinate with external corporate secretarial provider on filings, statutory registers and annual deadlines; keep records current.
• Coordinate LCR inputs to APAC and Group reporting; collate data from business units and subsidiaries and prepare drafts for the Director's review.

Skills

Drafting & negotiation

Tenders

Commercial contracts

Legal advisory to non-lawyers

Microsoft Office

Organised & proactive

Education

LL.B. or equivalent

Job description

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.