Job Description

The Junior Legal Counsel will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice across various legal disciplines for the organisation. He/she will be in charge of overseeing and facilitating the negotiation of corporate and commercial agreements and managing and resolving any related legal matters. The Junior Legal Counsel will also provide support on regulatory and compliance matters with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the business and provide legal advice across a wide range of corporate, commercial, transactional, and regulatory matters to support the company\xe2\x80\x99s operations, including fundraisings and other strategic transactions, corporate secretarial matters and IP matters
• Draft, review, negotiate and advise on a variety of commercial agreements, including service agreements, partnership/collaboration agreements, NDAs, and marketing agreements.
• Support structuring, legal and execution matters in relation to issuances on the platform.
• Conduct and/or coordinate legal due diligence on potential transactions.
• Co-ordinate and manage external legal counsel appointed by the company.
• Maintain the company\xe2\x80\x99s regulatory and compliance documents which include KYC and AML, and other policies and procedures to ensure they are up-to-date and comply with applicable regulations.
• Ensure ongoing processes and controls are complete and accurate recordkeeping of all documentation and relevant communications with internal stakeholders, regulators, and clients.
• Partner with functional experts (i.e., Operation, Business, etc) to develop procedures, processes, and controls.
• Other ad hoc matters as and when required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Law or equivalent from a reputable university
• NQ to 1 PQE Singapore qualified lawyer with transactional legal experience from a leading law practice in Singapore, preferably in the following practice areas: corporate/M&A or IP/TMT
• Training will be provided to the suitable candidates.
• Direct deal experience in conducting diligence, drafting and negotiating transactional documents and advising business stakeholders
• Highly motivated self-starter and team-player, able and keen to work in a fast-paced and demanding, yet collaborative, environment
• Excellent at building rapport with different client types through effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Fluency in both Chinese and English is required as to manage both English and Chinese-speaking stakeholders

If you are looking to be part of an engaging team in the new financial technology industry, we would like to hear from you. Remuneration will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.