Senior Legal Counsel Technology

As a Senior Legal Counsel you will play a pivotal role in providing strategic and practical legal support across a variety of critical areas. This role offers the opportunity to influence highimpact projects provide expert counsel and enable NCS continued growth by aligning legal solutions with business objectives while managing risks effectively.

You will advise Business Leaders and is recognized by these clients as both an expert in substantive law and business advice while execute core job responsibilities in an organized and timely manner as follows:

1. Legal Advisory and Analysis

• Providing analytical and practical legal advice on a wide range of issues including contentious and noncontentious commercial corporate procurement employment insurance and intellectual property matters
• Identifies highly complex legal issues related to assigned matters; develops alternative solutions and implements resolution
• Distills complex legal issues efficiently and effectively for a business audience often in novel or ambiguous situation
• Keeps abreast of changes in laws.

2. Business Support and Strategy

• Supports the business in achieving objectives by rendering sound legal advice appropriately balancing business growth and legal risk.
• Advocates for a position while maintaining a collaborative and openminded approach.
• Possesses indepth knowledge of NCS technology businesses supported and knowledge of the broader business impact.
• Advises Business Leaders and is recognized by these clients as both an expert in substantive law and business advice.

3. Contracts and Negotiations

• Regularly responds to RFPs contracts tenders and vendor agreements (for hardware software services and solutions or a hybrid of these).
• Negotiates independently with customers suppliers or government agencies on matters of strategic importance that affect NCS business or areas of significant importance to senior management.
• Prepares applications for exception approval in accordance with the NCS contract policy.
• Supports contractual negotiations for the region.

4. Tools Processes and Knowledge Management

• Supports the mapping of available templates legal scenarios existing knowledge (templates FAQ Risk Assessments etc. as well as the revision of templates and development of tools and resources for the businesses in the region (where applicable) and the Legal organization.
• Establishes a document review process and a template database and trains the business on how best to utilize legal resources.
• Develops scalable tools and resources for the region in connection with legal support of contracts including training on the process related systems and use of templates.
• Conducts or arranges inhouse legal training and education for the NCS community.
• Participates in knowledge management initiatives.

5. Project and CrossFunctional Leadership

• Leads crossfunctional projects.
• Executes core job responsibilities in an organized and timely manner.

6. External Stakeholder Management

• Where applicable managing NCS external lawyers and consultants

Qualifications :

The ideal candidate should:

• Have been called to the Bar in a major jurisdiction.
• Minimum 8 years PQE and prior private practice in a good law firm as well as experience in inhouse roles within Tech firms is an added advantage.
• Preferably with experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and/or dispute resolution.
• Strong corporate and commercial background. Prior legal experience in corporate work litigation or a mix of both preferably with inhouse legal experience with established technology firms.
• Possess strong linguistic ability and good people management skills.
• Strong work ethic able to work in a focused manner and within tight timelines.
• Willing to undertake occasional travel.
• Serves as a role model and as a champion of the Legal department through work ethic attitude and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Law from a reputable university preferably from Singapore the UK or Australia but open to other jurisdictions as well.

Additional Information :

All profiles are handled with highest level of confidentiality.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime