Senior Corporate Counsel

PlayStation Global; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company in Singapore seeks a Senior Corporate Counsel to provide comprehensive legal support. The role involves advising on regulatory aspects, overseeing legal agreements, and collaborating with various teams across APAC. Ideal candidates will have a law degree, 12+ years of relevant experience, and strong negotiation skills. The company values diversity and inclusion, creating a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Law degree with a licence to practice in Singapore, England, or a common-law jurisdiction.
• Minimum 12 years of legal experience in an in-house department or law firm.
• Familiarity with consumer product and advertising laws in APAC.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for SIE core business functions across APAC.
• Advise and support operational teams and manage risk.
• Review, draft, and negotiate business agreements.

Skills

Legal advisory skills

Negotiation skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

PlayStation isn\'t just the best place to play – it\'s the best place to work. As a global leader in entertainment, we produce the PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStationVR, PlayStation Plus, and acclaimed PlayStation Studios titles.

We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

Senior Corporate Counsel (Singapore)

Sony Interactive Entertainment Singapore (SIE) offers this unique opportunity to provide legal support for a number of SIE core business functions across APAC. You will be responsible for a broad range of legal matters across multiple markets in the APAC region, supporting channel sales, digital distribution, and business operations. Your role will involve consumer law, regulatory advice for the PlayStation console business and digital segments such as PlayStation Store, PlayStation Network, and PlayStation Plus subscription. You will work closely with subject‑matter experts within the global legal department—public policy, intellectual property, privacy, and corporate governance—and serve as a functional legal expert with subject‑matter expertise in two or more relevant legal and regulatory areas for the PlayStation business in APAC.

What you’ll be doing:

• Being a strategic thought partner to business, operational, and functional support teams;
• Advising and supporting or partnering with other legal team members to help business teams manage risk and drive growth in the APAC region;
• Providing general legal advice on corporate and commercial activities across multiple countries, including day‑to‑day business operations, sales, distribution, marketing, advertising, consumer matters, vendor engagement, and regulatory matters;
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating business agreements and legal documents in support of all lines of business, including procurement, new business initiatives, and program rollouts;
• Managing and responding to inquiries or investigations by regulators or law‑enforcement agencies, working closely with internal teams and outside counsel as required;
• Working closely with SIE’s Legal Director for APAC on direction and strategy as part of the legal department’s regional support for APAC;
• Providing legal advice across a variety of topics to global legal teams for regional inputs on global product launches, marketing materials, blogs, packaging, and other initiatives launched on PlayStation Store, PlayStation Network, and PlayStation Plus;
• Advising on policy or regulatory matters;
• Supervising and leading members of the APAC legal team;
• Managing outside counsel and a legal budget;
• Leading or supporting global and regional projects from time to time.

What we’re looking for:

• Law degree with a licence to practice law in Singapore, England, or another common‑law jurisdiction;
• Minimum 12 years of experience practising law, either in an in‑house corporate legal department, a top‑tier law firm, or a combination of both;
• Familiarity with consumer product and advertising laws in one or more APAC countries;
• Experience providing legal support to sales and marketing organisations in APAC, ideally in the consumer electronics sales (physical and e‑sales) and hardware distribution sector;
• A motivated, reliable, disciplined self‑starter who thinks and works proactively and cross‑functionally, and is effective at solving problems collaboratively with other stakeholders;
• A keen eye for detail, precision, accuracy, and attention to detail;
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills in at least English;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to manage and support projects across multiple geographies and subject matters;
• Ability to think and negotiate creatively and effectively, balancing legal constraints with business goals and objectives;
• Excellent decision‑making skills and the ability to identify and prioritise the highest‑impact initiatives and drive them to pragmatic resolution;
• Experience leading and managing a team is a plus.

Desired Qualities and Experience:

• Combination of in‑house and law‑firm practice experience in the APAC office of a top law firm.
• Ability to speak multiple languages relevant to the APAC region.
• Experience working closely with senior business management.
• Experience and comfort working in a highly matrixed organization.
• Experience working in a highly engaged team distributed across multiple time zones and cultures.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression, and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership, or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees, and embrace diversity. PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.