Legal Director

BELUGA DATA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data management firm in Singapore is seeking a legal professional to provide risk-based legal advice across various business units. Key responsibilities include managing legal portfolios, supervising junior colleagues, and performing company secretarial duties. The ideal candidate should have a lawyer's qualification, expertise across numerous areas of law, and strong communication and analytical skills. This role offers a dynamic environment that values high professional integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial or corporate legal matters preferred.
• Broad-based legal expertise across multiple areas.
• High professional integrity and emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice in various business issues.
• Manage legal portfolios and supervise junior colleagues.
• Perform company secretarial duties and prepare meeting materials.

Skills

Proficient in Chinese laws

Excellent organisational skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Lawyer's qualification certificate

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely and practical risk-based legal advice within the organisation’s constraints on a wide range of issues to the business units, including contractual review, personal data protection, legal training, litigation management, risk management and procurement matters.
• Advise on and manage projects assigned to the Legal Division.
• Responsible for assigned legal portfolios, including mentoring and supervising junior colleagues in their legal assignments and delivery of projects.
• Perform company secretarial duties, including advising the Board and preparing board meeting materials and minutes.

Job Requirements

• Proficient in Chinese laws, and having a lawyer's qualification certificate would be preferred.
• Experience in commercial or corporate legal matters with an element of sectoral diversity will be an advantage.
• Broad-based legal expertise in various areas such as contract law, tort law, employment law, company law, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, the law of arbitration, the law of confidence, IP law, IT law, PDPA, OSA, investment law, ethics, anti-bribery and corruption, crisis management and procurement matters.
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• High professional integrity, sound judgment, and emotional intelligence to succeed in a dynamic environment and adapt into the work culture of a university environment.