Senior Legal Counsel

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Product Advisory

• Lead negotiation and structuring of complex commercial agreements, including:

  • Enterprise customer contracts

  • SaaS / platform agreements

  • Strategic partnerships and channel arrangements

• Partner with Product and Technology teams on new product launches, including:

  • Digital services

  • Platform integrations

  • AI / data-driven offerings

• Provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice on risk allocation, pricing models, and go-to-market strategy

Regulatory & Telco / Platform Environment

• Advise on regulatory frameworks relevant to telecoms, digital services and platform businesses across APAC

• Support engagement with regulators and external counsel where required

• Provide guidance on:

  • Data protection / cross-border data flows

  • Licensing / communications regulations

  • Consumer and digital services compliance

Strategic & Corporate Projects

• Support strategic initiatives, including:

  • Partnerships and joint ventures

  • Market entry and expansion

  • Vendor/platform integrations

• Assist on corporate and transactional matters, including:

  • M&A support and due diligence

  • Structuring and execution of strategic investments

• Work closely with Finance and leadership on risk, governance and structuring issues

Disputes, Risk & Governance

• Oversee and manage disputes and contentious matters, working with external counsel as needed

• Identify and mitigate key legal and operational risks across the business

• Contribute to development of internal frameworks, policies and governance processes

Legal Function Development

• Help build and scale a high-performing, business-aligned legal function

• Develop templates, playbooks and processes to improve speed and consistency of execution

• Mentor junior team members and contribute to overall team capability

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years and maximum 15 years Post Qualification Experience

(PQE)

• Combination of top-tier private practice and in-house experience, or

strong in-house track record

• Experience in one or more of:

  -Telecoms / connectivity / network businesses

  -SaaS / platform / digital services companies

  -Fintech / payments / regulated tech environments

• Strong track record in complex commercial contracting and negotiations

• Experience advising on product, technology or platform-led businesses

• Exposure to multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments

• Familiarity with corporate / transactional work (M&A, JVs, investments)

• Must hold a Singapore citizenship or Singapore PR