Responsibilities
- Primary role will be to provide legal advisory support to a newly-established and growing Maritime E-Commerce business division.
- Provide legal support to other support functions including IT, HR, Finance and Treasury, either for standalone matters or in conjunction with primary role.
- Secondary role will be to provide legal advisory support required for the International Trading & Bunkering (oil and gas commodities trading) and Shipping (as both Owner and Charterer) business divisions from time-to-time.
- Provide transaction-specific compliance support as needed.
- Work closely with other in-house counsels within the group based overseas on matters of common/related interest.
- Instruct and manage the work of external legal counsel as needed.
- Carry out such other ad hoc tasks as required by Management.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws (or equivalent) with about 8 to 10 years relevant working experience; candidates with more than 10 years’ relevant working experience may also be considered.
- Admission to practice in a common law jurisdiction or in the PRC will be desirable but not necessary.
- E-Commerce and M&A experience will be an advantage.
- Prior experience as an in-house counsel will be preferred.
- Must have both English (fluent spoken and proficient written) and Chinese (conversational spoken and proficient written) language skills.
- The ability to work both independently and as part of an inter-disciplinary team.
- Good stakeholder management skills.
- Able to balance the roles of business partner and control function.
- Flexibility with working hours; some travel (or relocation to Singapore) may be required.
Please send an updated resume to [email protected] or apply directly if you are keen to apply for this position
We will contact you if you are shortlisted for this position
