Legal Counsel

Contracts and Tenders • Draft, review and negotiate routine and lower-risk contracts (service, agency, referral, NDAs, appointments, vendor, variations); escalate matters outside agreed thresholds with a risk summary. • Review tenders and awarded contracts, prepare qualifications and clarifications to deadlines, and hand over key obligations to delivery teams. • Maintain templates and update when necessary; administer the contract register, file executed copies and flag key dates in advance. • Ensure legal documents are signed in accordance with the delegation of authority. Business Advisory • Give practical, plain English advice to business units to move business forward, as a commercially-minded counsel. • Triage requests, resolve those within remit, and escalate high-risk matters with a recommended position. Corporate Secretarial • Draft board and shareholder resolutions, certified extracts and signatory mandates; circulate for signing and track completion. • Coordinate with the external corporate secretarial provider on ACRA filings, statutory registers and annual deadlines; keep director, shareholder and delegation of authority records current. Compliance and Group Reporting • Coordinate LCR inputs to APAC and Group reporting to the reporting calendar; collate data from business units and subsidiaries and prepare drafts for the Director's review. • Support the group's ESG compliance obligations from the legal and compliance side, including policies, audits and questionnaires. External Counsel and Vendors • Handle work in-house where possible and scope and manage external counsel where needed; onboard vendors, process invoices and track fees against estimates. Requirements • Minimum 3 years' PQE in commercial or corporate work; in-house and real estate, construction or facilities management experience an advantage. • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent law degree from a recognised university; admission to the Singapore Bar or another common law jurisdiction an advantage but not required. • Hands-on experience with tenders and commercial contract negotiation; working knowledge of the Singapore regulatory environment for real estate services an advantage. • Strong drafting and negotiation skills; clear, practical advice to non-lawyers. • Commercially-minded; problem-solver. • Organised, proactive and discreet; manages a high volume of matters, registers and deadlines in a lean team; proficient in Microsoft Office.