Total 4 Manager legal counsel job vacancies in F&B / Tourism / Hospitality category in Singapore

Key responsibilities:

Strategic sales and marketing

• Proactively identify and pursue sales opportunities to promote Maxwell Chambers’ services to potential users, including law firms, corporations, arbitration institutions, and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with the marketing team to create impactful sales collateral and promotional materials.
• Maintain and expand Maxwell Chambers’ client base through effective lead generation and relationship management.

Thought leadership and research

• Conduct research and analysis of trends in international arbitration and the global legal services market to identify new opportunities for growth.
• Contribute to thought leadership initiatives by preparing articles, presentations, and materials for academic and professional publications.
• Collaborate on the creation of insights that highlight Maxwell Chambers’ leadership in the industry.

Business development and stakeholder engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including clients, law firms, arbitration institutions, and professional networks.
• Represent Maxwell Chambers at industry events, conferences, and seminars, both locally and internationally, to enhance brand awareness and generate leads.
• Coordinate with the marketing and events team to ensure a seamless integration of sales efforts with outreach and engagement initiatives.

Event planning and programming

• Collaborate on event programming to ensure alignment with Maxwell Chambers’ strategic objectives and audience needs.

Legal and corporate communications

• Oversee internal and external corporate communications, including preparing press releases and handling media relations.

Data and market insights

• Evaluate data and statistical trends to inform sales and marketing strategies.
• Use data-driven insights to measure the success of initiatives and refine approaches for better outcomes.

Flexibility and other responsibilities

• Perform other duties or projects assigned by the Chief Strategy Officer.

Qualifications and experience:

• A Law Degree (LLB or equivalent); experience in international arbitration is advantageous.
• Minimum of 2 years or equivalent relevant legal work experience.
• Proven experience in sales, marketing, and business development, preferably in the legal or professional services sector.
• Strong understanding of policy, research, and market trends, especially in dispute resolution and arbitration.
• Data analysis and statistical skills to evaluate trends and inform strategic decisions.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
• Proactive and organized, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

You will be part of a dynamic and driven team of lawyers in the Asia General Counsel Organization. You will be primarily responsible for legal issues related to privacy and data for American Express businesses across Asia. This position will report to the Director & Counsel, Privacy APAC based in Singapore.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Your role will include the following:

• Data & Privacy Advice. Provide best-in-class strategic advice on applicable data protection laws, rules and regulations in Asia and provide privacy support to Amex initiatives, projects and new product launches, such as advising on the data privacy issues and providing practical solutions to mitigate privacy risks.
• Drafting of privacy documents. Advise on, review, negotiate and draft data protection terms in a wide range of commercial agreements, privacy policies, privacy notices, customer disclosures, data processing agreements, etc.
• Privacy Compliance. Advice on and help manage privacy compliance requirements across Asia
• Legal Horizon Scanning Proactively monitor new privacy and data related legislative and regulatory developments across Asia and provide practical legal advice in cross-functional multinational regulatory change management projects to ensure compliance with applicable laws and mitigate legal risk.
• Manage Regulatory Affairs. Interpret and advise on emerging laws and advocate on behalf of Amex in industry associations, monitor data & privacy trends across the region, including in relation to new technologies such as Gen AI, to determine trends and possible issues for American Express to address, including development of public policy positions
• Collaboration. Collaborate with colleagues in a matrixed global organization, including legal colleagues in the Asia region as well as colleagues from the Global Privacy & Data Law Group
• General. Provide general guidance and advice to management on legal and regulatory matters and reporting, administrative and legal activities that arise in a Fortune 500 company.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Qualified and admitted/licensed lawyer in a Commonwealth jurisdiction. Candidates should have at least 4-8 years post-qualification experience, with at least 2 years of relevant privacy experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal environment. Prior in-house experience with financial institution or multi-national corporation preferred. Candidates with Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) accreditation and/or with prior experience engaging with policy makers on legislative consultations preferred.
2. Communication. First class oral and written communication skills, in particular, the ability to explain complex legal matters clearly and concisely to non-specialists.
3. Professional poise. Maintains grace under pressure and demonstrates the ability to impart discipline and calm to stressful situations. Holds their own in live discussions where differing views are expressed. A persuasive advocate who is not afraid to convey unwelcome messages yet lays out a path to practical solutions.
4. A self-starter who takes ownership. Takes the initiative to learn independently rather than passively. Sees what needs to be done and then does it. Takes responsibility for understanding and solving problems.
5. Energetic and practical application of legal skills and knowledge to business situations and problems.
6. Build effective relationships and credibility throughout the company.
7. Manage workload by careful prioritization and personal organization.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job Summary:

The Legal & Compliance Manager is responsible for all areas of logistics/transportation including process design, safety, compliance with DOT regulations, cost efficiency for the team, and customer service. Work with other teams to resolve logistics related issues and provide customer support, when needed. Analysing moderately complex contracts, researching and preparing draft contract specifications, policies, and procedures, interpreting contract requirements to vendors, contractors, clients, and recommending contract changes based on observable needs.

Roles & Responsibilities

· Ensures business processes is following the relevant legal guideline in an ethical manner while meeting its business goals.

· Responsible for developing compliance activities, reviewing company policies, and advising management on possible risks.

· Develop and oversee control systems to prevent or deal with all the legal guidelines and internal policies.

· Evaluate the efficiency of controls and improve them continuously.

· Identify risks or non-conformity issues, draft, modify and implement company policies.

· Monitor enforcement of standards and regulations with collaborate with various department

· Identify possible compliance risks with assessing the business future ventures

· Identify compliance issues and provide advice or training.

· Keep abreast of regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control.

· Prepare reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate.

· Managing litigation right from issuing/responding to notices to formulating litigation strategies to closely following up on matters with external counsel appointed by the Management

· Assisting & providing legal advices for Merger & Acquisition, Due Diligence, and ah-hoc matter.

Requirements

· Degree in Legal or related studies.

· At least 5 years of experience in a legal/compliance counsel/manager

· Experienced with China Entities, state-owned enterprises in China will be added advantage

· Good knowledge of legal requirements and procedures ideally within the trading or FMCG & supply chain management

· Good knowledge of the industry standards and regulations

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Bilingual in both English & Chinese

• Renowned global F&B chain with strong presence in SEA
• Southeast Asia newly established position

About Our Client

Our client is a renowned global F&B chain with a speciality in tea beverages. With strong presence in Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific, the company runs several retail outlets in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China. With a great focus on producing and delivering high quality tea and launching unique flavours, our client is committed to the quality of its products. They also promote a strong tea-drinking culture and innovation to create a modern tea house in Asia Pacific.

Job Description

• Providing legal support to business teams in relation to a wide range of commercial matters
• Collaborating with the relevant business teams to ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations, implementing and improving processes and procedures
• Keeping appraised of the latest laws and regulations impacting the company and its operations in the region and advise on best practices
• Working closely with the rest of the SEA team and the global team on group's global and region legal and compliance projects
• Managing external counsels whenever required
• Providing day-to-day legal support to business teams and developing strategies for handling legal issues in creative, efficient, and business-centric ways

The Successful Applicant

• Degree in Law with at least 8PQE gained at reputable law firms and experience with large corporations such as MNCs
• Essential for candidates with strong prior experience in F&B, joint venture and franchising
• Comfortable and confident to work independently as sole Counsel in Singapore and SEA

What's on Offer

Upon a successful offer, candidate can expect to receive a competitive package according to market. Candidates can also expect to lead a team of legal counsels going forward as business operations expand progressively.