Legal Counsel (Maternity Cover)

We are partnering with a regional digital infrastructure and data centre platform in a search for a Legal Counsel to join the legal team on a seven-month contract, providing broad-based support across financing, governance, compliance and day-to-day commercial and project matters. Based in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Operate as the team's primary point of legal contact, providing broad-based support across financing, governance, compliance and commercial matters.
• Support financing-related work by reviewing and negotiating financing, facility and security documentation tied to the group's funding activities.
• Advise on corporate governance matters and monitor regulatory compliance obligations across the jurisdictions in which the group operates.
• Manage corporate secretarial matters for group entities, including statutory registers, incorporations and related corporate housekeeping requirements.
• Provide legal support across active infrastructure and project workstreams, partnering with project, engineering and operations teams on contractual and risk matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate day-to-day commercial documentation, including service agreements, non-disclosure agreements and vendor contracts.
• Identify legal and commercial risk in proposed transactions and recommend practical, business-appropriate solutions.
• Support regulatory filings, licensing matters and other statutory submissions as they arise.
• Liaise with and manage external legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions where specialist advice is required.
• Advise internal stakeholders across finance, operations and project teams on day-to-day legal queries.
• Maintain and update legal templates, playbooks and standard documentation used across the business.
• Undertake legal and regulatory research to support new and ongoing matters as they develop.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent; called to the Bar in Singapore or another common law jurisdiction preferred.
• Approximately 7 to 8 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), combining corporate law training in private practice with in-house legal experience.
• Proven in-house legal experience, with the ability to operate independently and take ownership of matters from day one.
• Working knowledge of financing and facility documentation, corporate governance and corporate secretarial practice.
• Comfortable drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, including service agreements and non-disclosure agreements.
• Exposure to infrastructure, project or data centre-related legal work is an advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advise legal and non-legal teams clearly and pragmatically.
• Able to manage a broad and varied caseload with minimal supervision in a fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Available to commence the engagement in early November 2026, through to end June 2027.

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Interested candidates may email your resume to Alycia Lim ([email protected])

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

Alycia Lim Hui Choo

[email protected]

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