Legal Counsel, Mobility

Get to Know the Role

As Legal Counsel Mobility you will provide end-to-end legal support across transportation logistics and ecommerce business lines and any PEMEDES-related initiatives or public-sector engagements. You will manage and mitigate legal risk ensure regulatory compliance and support commercial growth through pragmatic business-centric legal advice. You will lead or support disputes and litigation and handle any other legal matters assigned by the manager.

You will report to the General Counsel - Philippines and work onsite in the Grab Pasig City office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

1. Commercial & Product Advisory
   • Advise on product launches operations and market entries across transportation (rides delivery fleet) logistics and ecommerce (marketplace ondemand services vendor programs).
   • Draft review and negotiate contracts: platform/vendor/merchant agreements marketplace T&Cs transportation and logistics MSAs carrier/3PL agreements service agreements NDAs procurement agreements marketing/advertising agreements distribution and supply agreements.
   • Support consumer and seller policies: return/refund dispute resolution seller onboarding KYC/KYB content moderation ratings/reviews pricing promotions vouchers and loyalty programs.
2. Regulatory & Compliance
   • Monitor and ensure compliance with transportation/TNC regulations vehicle and driver standards licensing/permits safety and public-interest rules.
   • Ecommerce and platform compliance: consumer protection unfair trade practices product liability electronic transactions online advertising platform liability/intermediary safe harbors.
   • Support legal review for PEMEDES-related programs and any public-sector municipal or governmentfunded initiatives
   • Competition/antitrust: pricing exclusivity MFN/MFNlike clauses market dominance risks competitor interactions JV/M&A filings (where applicable).
   • Employment/contractor classification issues linked to gig workforce health & safety and relevant labor standards affecting partners/drivers/riders.
   • Handle claims involving consumer protection product liability IP infringement platform liability employment/contractor matters personal injury and road incidents.
3. PublicSector Work
   • Coordinate with Public Affairs on regulatory engagement consultations and advocacy.
4. Disputes Investigations & Litigation
   • Manage and coordinate prelitigation disputes litigation and regulatory investigations; oversee outside counsel and budgets.
5. Governance Risk & Operations Enablement
   • Develop and maintain contract templates playbooks SOPs and policy frameworks.
   • Support corporate governance entity management secretarial filings and board approvals as needed
6. CrossFunctional Collaboration
   • Partner closely with Operations Product Engineering Safety Compliance Finance Tax Procurement Public Relations and Public Affairs
   • Manage external counsel and vendors efficiently balancing risk cost and speed.
   • Perform any other related duties projects or responsibilities that may be reasonably assigned by the manager including support for new products features geographies business lines and urgent matters outside the above scope.

Qualifications :

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Law degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 5 years in PQE in toptier law firm and/or inhouse with strong exposure to transportation/logistics marketplace/ecommerce and commercial contracting.
• Demonstrated experience in regulatory compliance and handling disputes/litigation
• Familiarity with consumer protection competition advertising/marketing and platform liability.
• Experience with government/publicsector contracting or programs
• Strong business judgment stakeholder management and ability to deliver practical timely advice in dynamic environments.
• Excellent drafting negotiation and communication skills

Additional Information :

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through lifes challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and lifes demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality ethnicity religion age gender identity sexual orientation family commitments physical and mental impairments or disabilities and other attributes that make them unique.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time