Total 8 legal counsel job vacancies in Information Technology category in islandwide

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of Legal Counsel and Legal Assistants, fostering professional growth and high performance.
• Legal and Compliance: Design and execute legal and compliance strategies that support business objectives and meet industry standards and regulations. Provide training to ensure legal compliance across all levels.
• Policy Development: Develop, review, and enhance policies (e.g., data protection, terms of use, data transfer agreements, and service agreements) to ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.
• Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts and legal documents.
• Legal Advice and Guidance: Provide expert guidance on compliance, contract interpretation, dispute resolution, and operational legal matters.
• Internal Investigations: Lead internal investigations into potential compliance issues, legal disputes, or unethical conduct, ensuring thorough and prompt resolution.
• Client Feedback and Complaints: Manage and respond to feedback or complaints from clients and authorities, handling investigations and ensuring satisfactory outcomes.
• Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessments during client onboarding, including AML and due diligence processes, and conduct ongoing reviews.
• Additional Responsibilities: Take on any additional tasks as assigned by the company.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in law from a recognized university
• Min 5 years of relevant experience in both Singapore legal practice and in-house roles
• Prior leadership or managerial experience
• Strong knowledge of corporate governance and best practices
• Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills with the ability to simplify complex legal concepts

We regret only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications will be handled confidentially. By submitting your application, you agree to the collection, use, retention, and disclosure of your personal information to prospective employers.

Wecruit Pte Ltd

EA License No. 20C0270

Our Client, a Leading Prestigious firm is seeking to recruit a Senior System Administrator for their IT department.

Location: Central Singapore (Near Raffles Place MRT)

Details:

• To provide system and application support across the corporate system environment
  Deploying, managing and maintaining enterprise virtualization technologies including VMWare and HyperV
• Manage enterprise class converged hardware including Cisco UCS, Hitachi HDS, Nutanix and EMC
• Involved in troubleshooting of storage related issues related to Dell EMC Storage arrays, VPlex and support knowledge of Brocade Storage switch Technologies
• Involved in scripting and automation skills converting manual and maintenance functions into fully orchestrated automation
• Ability to operate in a complex, highly-available and operation environment
• Support a complex distributed infrastructure involving network, Load Balancer, Storage, Databases etc
• Responsible for partnering with application and helpdesk teams to deliver seamless infrastructure support to whole corporate
• Experience in supporting 24x7 operational environment

Requirements:

• Possess at least Bachelor’s Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science or IT, or equivalent
• At least 5 to 8 years of experience working with server and storage hardware, software, including VMware, Dell Server, Cisco UCS and Storage Systems, Windows etc.
• Candidate must have a good understanding of ITIL, including Service Management, Capacity Management, and Change Management
• Good verbal and written communications skills as required to communicate and explain technical and business issue to business users

Job Description:

• Offer comprehensive legal counsel across diverse areas such as regulatory compliance, contract management, and risk mitigation for the APAC region.
• Manage the company secretarial activities in project development activities including joint venture and other partnership agreements, wide range of corporate and commercial contract, development services agreements, EPC contacts, O&M agreements and ensure it is compliant with company governance standards and documentation.
• Advise on project financing transactions within the Asia Pacific region, including the negotiation of loan and security documentation with financiers.
• Provide advice and counsel to both the business and technical teams involved in the development and execution of renewable energy projects, in consultation with other members of the Legal team and external counsel, as necessary.
• Develop and implement impactful legal strategies tailored for the Asia Pacific region.
• Active involvement in the legal and commercial analysis of acquisition and due diligence documentation
• Provide legal advice and support to corporate functions as well as day to day operational matters
• Proactively work with internal functions (Risk, Legal, Tax & Finance) to ensure successful project execution
• Assist with the management of ongoing project development activities with local partners and service providers
• Effectively work with external counsel when necessary and appropriate
• Lead and guide a team of skilled legal professionals, promoting synergy and excellence within the legal department.
• Demonstrate strong leadership capabilities by inspiring and empowering the legal team to achieve exceptional results

Job Requirements:

• Degree/Masters in Law from reputed international university
• Qualification as legal practitioner in a common law jurisdiction with At least 10 – 15 years of relevant working experience preferably in the petrochemical or oil and gas industry.
• Training and experience working in an internationally recognised law firm and currently working either as (a) an in-house counsel at a recognised energy or infrastructure company (preferably in the renewable energy sector) or (b) a senior associate specialising in energy project development/M&A at a top-ranked law firm
• Highest standards of professional ethics, integrity and judgment
• Transaction execution is an important part of this role and the ability to lead and manage transactions, multi-task and prioritize competing demands are essential attributes
• Extensive experience executing corporate and / or project development transactions in the Asia Pacific region
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Strong cross-cultural communication skills
• Excellent teamwork skills and ability to partner with business and technical colleagues, external counsel and staff
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and to engage effectively with all levels of staff and management
• Ability to build trust and lead complex and demanding projects
• Highly organised, detail oriented, efficient, resourceful with strong follow-through and passion to "make things happen"
• Entrepreneurial with a desire to learn the business and function as part of a collaborative and interdisciplinary team.

R1552011

Peak Ocean EA License No. 18C9336

• Collaborate with other departments to review and draft trading contracts, bank facility, guarantee and other related agreements, letters, contract templates and other legal and compliance related documents;
• Provide support to other departments in terms of legal advice and opinions on legal rights and obligations of the Company and on any other operations and corporate related legal issues arising from business activities;
• Provide legal support in handling commercial claims, disputes and cases; co-ordinate and manage external counsels for transactions, disputes, arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedings;
• Handle and provide support for M&A and other investment projects;
• Responsible for legal updates, dissemination and analysis of new and/or revised laws and regulations. Research on legal issues, provide related training whenever applicable and ensure overall legal and compliance policies and procedures are in line with the legal and statutory requirements;
• Oversee counterparty on-boarding process and advise on compliance related matters, such as anti-corruption, anti-money laundry and trade sanctions;
• Provide clearance and advice on the documents to be provided by the Company to counterparties for KYC purpose;
• Collaborate with other departments to draft legal and compliance related Policies and coordinate the setting up of internal policy and process of the Company; and
• Prepare annual work plan in relation to legal and compliance functions
• Business travel is required for this position.

Requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience in general corporate and commercial work, preferably with experience in both private practice and in-house environment in oil and gas or related industry.
• With related experience/involvement in Merger & Acquisition and / or Project Management.
• Prior experience in corporate secretarial work would be a plus

Interested applicants for the above advertised position(s), please kindly email an updated copy of your resume to: [email protected]

EA License No.: 13C6305

Reg. No.: R2093254

For candidate who applied for the advertised position is deemed to have consented to us that we may collect, use or disclose your personal information for purpose in connection with the services provided by us.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategies, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.

• Lead and mentor a team of legal and compliance professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

• Lead investigations into potential compliance breaches or regulatory issues, and implement corrective actions as necessary.

• Provide expert advice and guidance on legal and regulatory matters to senior management and business units.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of compliance programs, including training and awareness initiatives.

• Monitor changes in regulatory requirements and industry trends, and assess their impact on the organization.

• Stay abreast of emerging risks and recommend measures to mitigate them effectively.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, external legal counsel, and regulatory authorities as required.

• Manage relationships with regulatory bodies and ensure timely and accurate reporting.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in a similar role within the financial services industry, with a deep understanding of legal and compliance frameworks.

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory issues.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and drive results in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, Business Administration, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

• Professional certifications such as Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) or Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) are highly desirable.

• Strong knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and best practices, particularly in areas such as banking, securities, and anti-money laundering.

Our Client, is a Global renowned investment company is looking for a Program Manager to take charge of Legal Compliance and Regulatory system

As a seasoned IT leader to assume the pivotal role of Legal and Regulatory Systems Programme Manager. It requires impeccable project management skills, keen insights into legal and regulatory frameworks, and a talent for cross-functional collaboration.

As the an expert of their legal and regulatory systems landscape, you will orchestrate the timely, on-budget, and compliant execution of critical projects, ensuring harmony across the organization.

Role

• Define strategic objectives for legal and regulatory systems programs, aligning them with broader organizational goals.
• Oversee the complete lifecycle of legal and regulatory system initiatives, from conception to successful post-implementation support.
• Foster seamless collaboration between business and technology teams, bridging the gap between legal requirements and technical feasibility.
• Proactively identify and address operational, financial, and technological risks associated with legal and regulatory systems initiatives.
• Establish and enforce robust governance processes and procedures, ensuring adherence to all applicable legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Possess a deep understanding of current legal and regulatory systems solutions, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimizing implementation strategies.
• Articulate complex technical and legal concepts to diverse stakeholders with clarity and conciseness, fostering informed decision-making.
• Champion effective change management principles, minimizing disruption during system upgrades and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Continuously evaluate and refine legal and regulatory systems operations, implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent field.

Experience:

• Minimum 12-15 years' experience as an IT Project Director, successfully managing medium to large complex projects.
• Experience leading and collaborating with third-party delivery teams.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and integrating custom solutions (package, SaaS, or enterprise) with existing systems.
• Strong partnership experience with internal/external legal counsel and compliance teams.
• Expertise in incident, problem, change, and release management.
• Proven ability to instill rigor and methodical practices within teams, fostering effective learning, design, build, and ownership of solutions.
• Hands-on experience in solution implementation: requirements definition, detailed functional & technical design, data migration, testing, and deployment.
• Familiarity with incremental change and production support processes.
• Ability to lead and provide clear direction to international teams, including overseeing third-party deliverables.

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Adenza RegCloud system is preferred.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to adapt and transition seamlessly to diverse roles.
• Collaborative and effective with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and project management skills.

APPLY NOW! Interviews are ongoing! Email to [email protected]

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates would be notified.

Chiam Lee Ping Dayna

Consultant

Reg. No: R1764404

Stellar- Link Partners Pte Ltd (EA License: 21S0698)

The Legal Department of JP Morgan is responsible for the provision of legal services to the firm. The department also includes the Office of the Secretary – Corporate Legal.

As a lawyer within Office of the Secretary – Corporate Legal, headed by the Corporate Secretary who reports to the firm's General Counsel, you will partner with senior management, directors, control groups, lines of business and corporate units to promote effective and consistent governance of the firm, its branches, subsidiaries and affiliates (each, an “Entity”). The team also maintains the legal good standing status of these Entities in the required jurisdictions with responsibility for various regulatory reporting in all locations.

Job Responsibilities:

Governance responsibilities:

• Promoting and driving consistent standards for legal entity governance that support the firm’s strategic objectives;

• Providing guidance and oversight for these items to non-Legal corporate secretaries in accordance with internal model and standards;

• Providing directors, senior management and legal entities with advice, support and training across corporate governance matters, including in relation to relevant laws and regulations, governance practices and legal entity management, and advising and assisting, as appropriate, with resolution and recovery plan related matters and other local, regional and global projects.

Board related matters:

• Organizing board and board committee meetings;

• Advising on governance matters requiring board attention;

• Advising directors on their legal duties and on board governance practices;

• Advising on, organizing and implementing director orientation and continuing education and advising and assisting with regulatory requirements.

Legal entity related matters:

• Maintaining corporate records and certifications;

• Advising on corporate procedures and record retention, as relates to governance matters;

• Advising on inter-affiliate service agreements and managing certain regulatory filings; and

• Advising on company law and corporate governance matters.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• University graduate in Law

• Minimum 8 years of relevant legal, corporate governance or comparable experience

• Qualified lawyer in location and in a common law jurisdiction

• Sound knowledge of company law and corporate governance and regulatory framework governing financial services businesses

• Experience in regulatory reporting/filing

• Ability to work as a collaborative and proactive member of a team

• Must be meticulous, organized and take pride in your work

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and within tight deadlines

• Effective interpersonal, presentation and communication skills

Attorneys must be licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in the state/jurisdiction in which the position is based or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules of that state/jurisdiction.

To apply for this position, please use the following URL:

https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=06224f7b45a07d766973bb29ff083d59

Business Function

Group Legal and Compliance ensures that the bank's interests are protected by zealously guarding and enhancing its reputation and capital. We also work to maintain a good standing with all our regulators, customers, and business partners. Because we believe that at the heart of business banking is to uphold the values of trust and integrity for all our stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver program initiatives and achieve business outcomes across multiple Compliance domain areas as per established timeline
• Develop business cases and manage program financials within approved budget
• Prioritize program backlogs/requests by balancing regulatory, audit and business priorities, squad capacity, to ensure all committed timelines will be met
• Identify and mitigate risks and resolve issues arising from program execution using agile way of working
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional, cross-geography stakeholders, including regulators/auditors, and accurately communicate program progress and challenges
• Manage program and product roadmap, business case, and user requirements across multiple solutions and domain areas, including but not limited to, surveillance, analytics and regulatory reporting
• Collaborate with business users to define user journeys and associated business processes
• Conduct gap analysis between business requirements (including regulatory expectations) vis-a-vis solution landscape and platform strategy
• Document detailed business requirements/epics/user stories by liaising with business users/business analysts including the acceptance criteria
• Define program roadmap and prioritize program backlogs/requests by balancing regulatory, audit and business priorities, and squad capacity to ensure all committed timelines will be met
• Evaluate solutions proposed by technology or analytics team/vendors for specific epics /user stories to ensure best practices are followed
• Build business case and project recommendations as appropriate, to draw down the budget and set up financial tracking
• Conduct market research and analyse trends including RFP/setting up proof of concepts to ensure the product vision/roadmap is aligned with industry developments and our future needs
• Manage key stakeholders, including regulators/auditors, and business and technology leads
• Manage and communicate effectively with domain leads at senior level and working level teams in a timely and clear manner
• Responsible for ensuring project steering committee meetings, platform governance, cross functional, and other periodic project meetings are effective and achieve objectives in a consistent manner
• Drive program execution and delivery
• Monitor and ensure that program/project execute flawlessly, on schedule, and without compromising quality
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks within the program
• Resolve issues and conflicts within the program, projects and project management community and with other stakeholders, if necessary
• Ensure resolution of issues at program or line level and escalate issues which cannot be resolved in a timely and accurate manner
• Have oversight of major production issues or remediation or resolution of data gaps within the scope of program
• Manage coordination across teams and other platforms by keeping transparency in the A/B /C type of work so that delivery can effectively be managed, including critical areas:
  Ensure project dependencies on other projects /platforms are on their roadmaps and resources will be available when your teams need them
  Ensure work other teams need from your team/s are included and prioritised appropriately in your teams work backlog
  Highlight capability gaps to respective team/tribe/ function leads
  
• Oversee User Acceptance Tests and Implementation
• Manage user acceptance tests, including execution of test cases as necessary, develop rollout plan and oversee implementation/live-verification activities
• Conduct end user training where necessary
• Ensure smooth rollout of projects, complete pre and post-implementation activities in close coordination with scrum master
• Work closely with Technology/Operations/Business teams to resolve any implementation issues and any post-implementation stabilisation work
• Change management
• Adopt agile methodology across squads in the program and implement any DBS Platform Transformation milestones
• Ensure utilization of standards and practices across all projects
• Work with business and support unit users to drive changes to facilitate successful implementation and faster realization of benefits

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years of experience managing projects/products in the financial industry, regulatory compliance and/or financial crime prevention domain
• Minimum educational qualification of degree holder in any related field
• At least 3 years of experience in Agile project management/software development including partnering with Technology and Business users to deliver the outcomes
• Experience in engaging with regulators, auditors, senior stakeholders and solution providers/vendors, showcasing solid relationship-building, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Solid knowledge of Regulatory Compliance, Conduct Surveillance, Financial Crime, or KYC/CDD domains and business processes; any working experience in regulatory reporting and surveillance systems is strongly preferred
• Experience and/or knowledge in analytics and artificial intelligence / machine learning models will be an asset
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills; can be relied upon to make concise decisions
• Ability to multi-task with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and planning skills
• Ability to own and be hands on in the management of tasks
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, and collaborating with different teams/team members
• Ability to deal with people at all levels and work well in a fast-paced/high-energy environment by managing individual workloads
• Self-motivated with positive and can-do attitude; comfortable in situations where things are ambiguous/fluid or priorities can be changing
• Proven track record of leading projects to meet stipulated timelines with expected outcomes and quality. Work in transformation programs will be an asset
• Strong background in business analysis and/or root cause analysis, ideally in the Financial Services industry/Retail Banking
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office and Project Management tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Octane)
• Project Management and/or Business Analyst certification is preferred

Apply now

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognises your achievements.