Assistant General Counsel

Singapore - Singapore

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities providing consulting digital services technology solutions and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things creating lasting value and impact for our communities partners and people. Our diverse workforce of 14000 has delivered large-scale mission-critical and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

What will you do

Legal Advisory and Analysis

Provide analytical and practical legal advice on a wide range of issues including contentious and non-contentious commercial corporate procurement employment insurance and intellectual property matters
Identify highly complex legal issues related to assigned matters; develops alternative solutions and implements resolution
Distil complex legal issues efficiently and effectively for a business audience often in novel or ambiguous situation
Keep abreast of changes in laws.

Business Support and Strategy

Support the business in achieving objectives by rendering sound legal advice appropriately balancing business growth and legal risk.
Advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach.
Possess in-depth knowledge of NCS technology businesses supported and knowledge of the broader business impact.
Advise Business Leaders and be recognized by these clients as both an expert in substantive law and business advice.

End-to-end Contracting in Singapore and with our Global Units

Lead end-to-end contracting between the Legal and Commercial Management sub-teams working closely with the counterpart from Commercial Management
Pre-contract scope includes advising the business on contract structure reviewing conditions of the contracts in question against the NCS Contract Policy and establishing the NCS negotiation strategy with internal teams
Post-sales contract work includes maintaining oversight of any escalated legal risk issues provision of ongoing advice on contract-related matters and negotiation as it relates to the contract

Contracts and Negotiations

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

Tools Processes and Knowledge Management

Support 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.
Establish a document review process and a template database and trains the business on how best to utilize legal resources.
Develop 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.
Conduct or arrange in-house legal training and education for the NCS community.
Ability to use Legal AI tools to promote efficiency and productivity.
Participate in knowledge management initiatives.

Project and Cross-Functional Leadership

Lead cross-functional projects.
Execute core job responsibilities in an organized and timely manner.
Lead a team of Legal Counsels to achieve the wider objectives of the team.

External Stakeholder Management

Where applicable manage NCS external lawyers and consultants

The ideal candidate should possess:

Called to the Bar in a major jurisdiction.
15 years PQE with several years in private practice in a good law firm. Experience could be in corporate work litigation or a mix of -house experience in an IT environment will be an advantage; candidates without this experience but who are keen to work in an IT environment may also apply.
Possess strong linguistic ability and good people management skills.
Strong work ethic able to work in focused manner and within tight timelines.
A good bachelors or masters degree in law from Singapore or UK.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

What will you do

Legal Advisory and Analysis

Provide analytical and practical legal advice on a wide range of issues including contentious and non-contentious commercial corporate procurement employment insurance and intellectual property matters
Identify highly complex legal issues related to assigned matters; develops alternative solutions and implements resolution
Distil complex legal issues efficiently and effectively for a business audience often in novel or ambiguous situation
Keep abreast of changes in laws.

Business Support and Strategy

Support the business in achieving objectives by rendering sound legal advice appropriately balancing business growth and legal risk.
Advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach.
Possess in-depth knowledge of NCS technology businesses supported and knowledge of the broader business impact.
Advise Business Leaders and be recognized by these clients as both an expert in substantive law and business advice.

End-to-end Contracting in Singapore and with our Global Units

Lead end-to-end contracting between the Legal and Commercial Management sub-teams working closely with the counterpart from Commercial Management
Pre-contract scope includes advising the business on contract structure reviewing conditions of the contracts in question against the NCS Contract Policy and establishing the NCS negotiation strategy with internal teams
Post-sales contract work includes maintaining oversight of any escalated legal risk issues provision of ongoing advice on contract-related matters and negotiation as it relates to the contract

Contracts and Negotiations

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

Tools Processes and Knowledge Management

Support 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.
Establish a document review process and a template database and trains the business on how best to utilize legal resources.
Develop 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.
Conduct or arrange in-house legal training and education for the NCS community.
Ability to use Legal AI tools to promote efficiency and productivity.
Participate in knowledge management initiatives.

Project and Cross-Functional Leadership

Lead cross-functional projects.
Execute core job responsibilities in an organized and timely manner.
Lead a team of Legal Counsels to achieve the wider objectives of the team.

External Stakeholder Management

Where applicable manage NCS external lawyers and consultants

The ideal candidate should possess:

Called to the Bar in a major jurisdiction.
15 years PQE with several years in private practice in a good law firm. Experience could be in corporate work litigation or a mix of -house experience in an IT environment will be an advantage; candidates without this experience but who are keen to work in an IT environment may also apply.
Possess strong linguistic ability and good people management skills.
Strong work ethic able to work in focused manner and within tight timelines.
A good bachelors or masters degree in law from Singapore or UK.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Key Skills

General Counsel
Legal Case Management
Legal Drafting
Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Legal Counsel
Legal Research
Securities Law
Employment & Labor Law
Real Estate Law
negotiation
Contracts

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