Our client is a leading global professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, technology and operations for clients across all industries.  This is an exciting regional in house opportunity for a senior commercial lawyer to join an agile, innovative and dynamic legal team based in Singapore to support the business and its clients in S.E. Asia.  You will be a collaborative team player that is agile and keen to keep pace with legal and business developments affecting the company and its clients.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior contracting professionals.
• Stay abreast of contracting developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s contracting practices
• Educate company executives in regard to contracting and risk management issues
• Represent the company’s interests and interface directly with client negotiating teams
• Strategize with company executives prior to client negotiations
• Structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective
• Advise, and consult company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity
• Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various contracting and business issues
• Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit the Legal Group and the business
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
• Some travel may be required

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in law required; advanced degree in law, business or contract management preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years PQE including experience in an appropriate fast-paced corporate environment. Experience in negotiating technology or outsourcing agreements, including consulting, systems integration, software licensing, cloud, blockchain, robotics process or business process outsourcing agreements is preferred.
• Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
• Experience negotiating intellectual property issues
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

If you think you meet the above requirements and would like to apply please send:

1. your CV;
2. transcripts; and
3. a short cover email to jessica.deery@horizon-recruit.com for us to determine your suitability for this role.

If you’d like to arrange a confidential discussion prior to applying please call our London office on +44 203 745 2513, our Singapore office on +65 6808 6635 or Hong Kong office on +852 3978 1369.

Please share this opportunity with any colleagues that you think would be interested. 

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