Assistant Manager - Manager, Legal

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Contract Management: Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, NDAs, MOUs, service agreements, and other legal documents in English and the local language, including ensuring appropriate data protection and privacy clauses are incorporated, and coordinate with relevant internal stakeholders through the execution process.
• Legal Advisory: Provide practical legal and data privacy support and advice to internal departments on day-to-day business activities and transactions, including guidance on personal data handling, data sharing, and compliance with applicable data protection laws, with appropriate escalation of material, sensitive, or complex matters.
• Company Secretarial Matters: Handle and coordinate company secretarial functions, including preparation of board and shareholder resolutions and meeting documentation, maintenance of statutory registers and corporate records, and completion of required corporate approvals and filings.
• Corporate Matters & Filings: Handle company registrations and corporate changes, including changes to directors, shareholders, registered information and capital, as well as licences, permits, powers of attorney, and other filings with relevant authorities.
• Legal & Regulatory Support: Monitor relevant legal and data protection developments, conduct legal research, assess their potential impact on the Company's operations, and support implementation of necessary changes, including updates required under applicable data privacy laws and regulations.
• Risk Management: Identify legal, contractual, and data privacy risks arising from business activities and transactions, including risks related to personal data processing, cross-border data transfers, and third-party data sharing, and recommend practical mitigation measures in consultation with senior members of the Legal team where appropriate.
• Government & External Coordination: Liaise with government authorities, regulators, external counsel, and other external parties in relation to legal, corporate, regulatory, and data privacy matters.
• Dispute & Legal Matter Support: Support the handling of disputes, claims, regulatory inquiries, and other legal matters, including those involving data privacy or data protection issues, and coordinate documentation and information with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Legal Administration: Maintain and improve legal and data privacy records, contract databases, filing systems, and other documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper record keeping.
• Perform other legal and data privacy matters as assigned by senior members of the Legal team.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Law. A Master's degree in Law or a related field is an advantage.
• Experience: Approximately 3 – 6 years of relevant experience gained from an in-house legal team, law firm, or a combination of both. Experience in fintech, payments, financial services, technology, or data privacy compliance is an advantage.
• Language: Strong proficiency in written and spoken English is required, with demonstrated ability to independently draft, review, and negotiate legal and commercial documents in English.
• Skills: Good legal research and drafting skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Working Style: Proactive, responsible, willing to learn, and comfortable coordinating with different internal and external stakeholders.
• Professional Qualification: A lawyer's licence is an advantage but not mandatory.

Benefits

• We offer an attractive remuneration package, a fast-paced and exciting working environment, and provide challenging opportunities for life-long learning and career development.