Job Description

Singapore

About RightShip

The Company RightShip is the world’s biggest third party maritime due diligence organisation, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices. We bring together years of industry expertise with the output from analytics and large data sets to provide our safety and environmental scoring systems, recommendations and consultancy services. Using leading data and technology, we aim to set new benchmarks in environmental protection. We support global initiatives and action influencing practical and impactful change, enabling “win-win” for business and the environment. To find out more visit RightShip.com.

Values and benefits

What we offer We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation who are constantly working to ensure ships are safe as possible so that crew and cargo are protected. We are passionate about maritime efficiency, safety and sustainability practices. We offer generous rewards. Our base salary is competitive, we support employee wellbeing and provide our employees with a Healthy Living Allowance and our annual incentive scheme is awesome. We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way and we are committed to professional development to make sure your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.

Job Details

Reporting to the Principal Corporate Counsel, the Senior Legal Counsel is expected to provide legal support to RightShip's global business and partner closely with the senior leadership team in day-to-day legal work and special projects. Major Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to RightShip’s Sales and other internal functions such as Strategy & Partnerships, Commercial, Product, Operations and HR
• Render legal support to corporate transactions and undertake special projects as required
• Draft, negotiate and review commercial contracts, MOUs, NDAs, license agreements, services agreements, framework agreements, data transfer agreements, partnership agreements, marketing and procurement agreements, leases, letters of undertaking, compliance forms and other legal documents
• Advise on all legal and regulatory matters, including disputes, corporate secretarial and employment-related matters, and handle all aspects of legal documentation
• Undertake legal due diligence and related risk assessments, and ensure compliance with local laws and regulations such as in the areas of data protection, data transfer and sanctions
• Advise on formulation of RightShip’s commercial strategy from legal perspective and support the development of RightShip’s overall business strategy by considering ways to maximise business value while mitigating risks
• Keep abreast of new legal and regulatory developments in relevant jurisdictions and develop legal strategies, including delivery of staff training, to align RightShip’s practices with external legal and regulatory requirements
• Manage all aspects of RightShip’s global intellectual property including trademark registrations
• Manage RightShip's relationships with external legal service providers in multiple jurisdictions
• Attend to legal administrative matters including those on the Salesforce platform

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and admitted to the Singapore Bar
• 6 years of legal experience at the minimum, including significant corporate and commercial experience handling a wide variety of commercial agreements and corporate transactions
• Experience working in a top-tier legal firm and as an in-house legal counsel for a technology firm or within the wider technology support sector highly advantageous
• Sound business acumen with the ability to present legal advice in a commercially focused manner
• Deep competence in contract law with demonstrable skills and capabilities in drafting complex commercial contracts and proposing feasible alternatives to Business
• Astute negotiator with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strategic, proactive, analytical and able to manage multiple priorities effectively and independently
• Result-oriented and committed to high work standards
• Able to develop strong working relationships internally and externally

RightShip is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity, enables access and promotes inclusion in our workplace. You must have the right to live and work in Singapore to apply for this job.