Senior Legal Counsel
Job Description
Legal Advice
- Provide legal advice on operational and contractual matters
- Provide advice on PDPA, Employment Act and other regulatory compliance matters
- Handle complex matters which contributes significantly to decision-making within a dynamic business environment involving multiple stakeholders
Procurement Contracts
- Provide end-to-end legal support for Government procurement contracts, from pre-tender advisory through post-award contract management.
- Advise on procurement strategies, tender structures and risk allocation.
- Draft, review, and negotiate procurement contracts, including master agreements, schedules, service-level agreements and performance frameworks.
- Advise on contract variations, extensions, waivers, termination, remedies and claims, ensuring compliance with approval and audit requirements.
- Support resolution of vendor disputes and performance issues in collaboration with procurement, finance and operational teams.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Law from NUS, SMU, SUSS or scheduled universities under the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules with at least 10 years post qualification experience and 3 years in managerial capacity (prior in-house legal experience would be preferred)
- Admitted to the Singapore Bar
- Experience in Government procurement contracting and governance.
- Experience in senior legal roles which provided critical legal advice to the Senior Management team in governance and risk matters to support organizational and business decision-making
- Self-motivated team player with ability to work under pressure and independently
- Strong abilities in conceptualising and implementing governance and risk management frameworks, legal drafting and commercial savviness are pre-requisites
- Ability to engage and build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Able to work independently, prioritise, and follow through on multiple, concurrent, and often competing deliverables, while managing expectations of the business and meeting deadlines