Senior Legal Counsel

The Talent People; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Talent People is seeking a senior corporate lawyer for a hands-on financing role in Singapore. You will lead complex project and structured financing transactions, sit close to the business, and shape governance and investment decisions across cross-border deals.

You’ll advise senior stakeholders on JVs, M&A, and governance frameworks, owning end-to-end transactions from term sheet to close and driving practical, commercial outcomes while managing multi-jurisdictional teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ PQE, from top-tier law firms and/or senior in-house roles.
• Demonstrated, hands-on project/structured financing experience as lead counsel.
• Strong parallel experience in joint ventures and M&A.
• Proven international, multi-jurisdictional deal experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex financing transactions — structuring, negotiating, and closing project and asset-level financing as lead lawyer.
• Leading joint ventures and strategic partnerships across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advising on JV governance: board structures, minority protections, reserved matters, deadlock mechanisms.
• Running end-to-end M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestments, and strategic investments.
• Building and embedding governance frameworks across entities and regions.

Skills

Project financing

Joint ventures

M&A

Governance

Lead counsel

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

About the Client

Our client is a large, privately-held multinational group with a diversified portfolio of industrial and investment interests spanning multiple regions. Headquartered in Singapore, the group operates through a network of subsidiaries and joint ventures globally, with a lean but highly capable in-house legal function supporting corporate, transactional, and governance matters across the business. Due to the confidential nature of this search, further details on the organisation will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

About the Role

We're looking for a senior, commercially-minded corporate lawyer with genuine, hands-on project financing experience to join this high-calibre legal team. This is a role for someone who has personally led financing transactions — not just reviewed them — and wants to sit close to the business with real influence over how deals and governance decisions get made.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, with project and structured financing as a core pillar of your remit alongside joint ventures, M&A, and strategic initiatives central to the group's growth agenda.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Leading complex financing transactions — structuring, negotiating, and closing project and asset-level financing, working directly with lenders, sponsors, and internal commercial teams as the lead lawyer, not a supporting reviewer
• Leading joint ventures and strategic partnerships across multiple jurisdictions — from structuring through full lifecycle management
• Advising on JV governance: board structures, minority protections, reserved matters, deadlock mechanisms
• Running end-to-end M&A transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, and strategic investments
• Building and embedding governance frameworks and standards across entities and regions

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Genuine ownership of financing transactions from term sheet to close, not a support function
• Senior, visible position with real influence over business and investment decisions
• Exposure to complex, cross-border transactions rather than routine legal work
• Broad mandate spanning financing, JVs, M&A, and governance — not a narrow specialism
• Collaborative, high-calibre team with strong access to senior decision-makers

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified lawyer with strong academic credentials
• Typically 15+ years’ PQE, from top-tier law firms and/or senior in-house roles
• Demonstrated, hands-on project/structured financing experience as lead counsel — this is a hard requirement; candidates who have only reviewed or supported financing deals (without leading them) will not be a fit
• Strong parallel experience in joint ventures and M&A
• Exposure to large-scale, asset-heavy or capital-intensive sectors
• Proven international, multi-jurisdictional deal experience
• Commercially pragmatic, confident operating with and influencing senior stakeholders