Location: Phnom Penh Cambodia.
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: US$8000-$9000 per month plus
Purpose Statement
Help manage the legal framework for capital raising joint ventures M&A and financing initiatives across our clients development portfolio. You will structure bankable cross-border deals standardize documentation manage multi-jurisdictional counsel and ensure compliant on-time closings with international investors and lenders.
Key responsibilities
- Lead legal strategy and execution for equity co-investment/JVs project & corporate finance mezzanine private credit/notes and secondary transactions.
- Draft/negotiate NDAs/LOIs/term sheets subscription & investment agreements SHAs/JVAs SPAs/asset purchases facility agreements security packages (mortgage/pledge/charge) intercreditor & escrow arrangements.
- Run AML/KYC/CTF sanctions screening side-letter negotiation investor rights registers and information rights.
- Advise on private placement and offering/marketing rules across APAC/US/EU (e.g. Reg D/Reg S equivalents major APAC regulators) coordinating with IR to enable compliant fundraising.
- Coordinate legal DD (corporate title/encumbrances counterparty) own CP/CS checklists data rooms closing agendas and post-closing action lists.
- Scope and direct international counsel; drive cost quality and consistency across jurisdictions and documents.
- Stand up and maintain onshore/offshore SPVs (e.g. SG/HK/Cayman/BVI/Delaware as relevant) board & shareholder resolutions signing authorities and corporate records.
- Build templates clause libraries fallback positions; deliver short trainings to raise commercial/legal fluency across Investment and Finance.
- Partner closely with Investment Finance Treasury IR and senior leadership to present options trade-offs and risk mitigations.
Requirements
- 8 years in top law firm and/or buy-side/in-house (private credit/PE/asset manager/REIT/developer) leading cross-border transactions.
- Hands-on with private placements/marketing compliance AML/KYC sanctions and multi-jurisdiction regulatory interfaces.
- Experience standing up and administering SPV structures and coordinating multi-party closings.
- Crisp judgment stakeholder management and the ability to simplify complexity for non-lawyers; thrives running multiple deals in parallel.
Nice to have
- Fund/vehicle experience (e.g. VCC GP/LP structures) capital call mechanics and lender reporting.
- Exposure to DFIs/ECAs green/ESG-linked instruments or bond/notes issuances.