Legal Counsel (EPC Projects)

WS ENGINEERING & FABRICATION PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Vor Ort; SGD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

WS ENGINEERING & FABRATION PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior contracts professional to review and negotiate commercial agreements, ensuring compliance with Singapore/Malaysia laws.

The role involves coordinating with finance, purchasing, and project teams, managing risk, and optimizing profitability across complex contracts. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of contract review experience, with a strong background in consumer, contract, construction, and commercial law.

Qualifikationen

• Must hold a recognized law degree.
• Minimum 5 years in contract review/commercial contracts.
• Litigation/arbitration experience is advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Review tender terms and conditions to identify risks and cost/delivery impact.
• Administer and review letters of support and ad hoc agreements.
• Negotiate with customers and suppliers to minimize losses and maximize profits.
• Coordinate with Finance, Purchasing, and Project teams on contractual matters.
• Ensure insurance policies cover inherent risks; liaise with stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Consumer law

Contract law

Construction law

Commercial law

Ausbildung

Law degree (Singapore/Malaysia)

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Review tender instructions, terms and conditions and ensure that all risk areas are properly addressed as well as highlighting areas of requirement with potential cost / delivery impact.
• Work together with Finance and Purchasing to review letters of credit, surety bonds, and/or vendor qualification forms to ensure that proper information and corporate requirements are provided or implemented by business units.
• Coordinate requirements and applications for surety bonds and parent company guarantee when required.
• To administer, coordinate and review letters of support and other ad hoc agreements such as representative, distributorship and co-operative agreements.
• Establish and maintain strong business relationships with customers and suppliers including effectively managing contract enquiries, issues, disputes, variations, and risks; and develop and execute negotiation strategies with customers and suppliers as required to minimize potential losses and maximize profits for the company.
• Work together with Project Management Teams to review contractual matters of the projects, draft and review contract letters, variation orders, settlement agreements and execute meetings and negotiation alongside with Project Management Teams to manage contract variations, disputes, risks, etc.
• Work closely with relevant internal stakeholders and external stakeholders to ensure agreements are being reviewed and ratified to company's interests.
• Engage relevant internal stakeholders in negotiation decisions involving legal or regulatory requirements, contract standard and terms and conditions.
• Ensure that all inherent risks of the division company's activities are covered by policies of insurance (except personnel/workmen based policies) and to administer and maintain these insurance policies.
• Other ad hoc assignments as may be assigned by the VP, Legal.

Requirements

• Law degree in recognized university in Singapore/ Malaysia
• Adept in consumer law, contract law, construction law and commercial law in Singapore/Malaysia
• At Least 5 years in contract review / commercial contract review
• Litigation / arbitration experience would be advantageous