Legal Counsel

Company Overview: cbs APAC is a leading international consultancy headquartered in Heidelberg Germany. We deliver high-end quality consulting and technology services to large industrial corporations that run SAP. For more information about our company please visit our website at cbs APAC.

Job Overview: We are currently looking for an experienced Legal Counsel (3-5 years of experiences) to join our legal team for APAC region.

Position: Legal Counsel

Employment type: Contract (1 year)

Location: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Key responsibilities:

Commercial Contracting & Negotiation

• Review draft negotiate and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements including Services Agreements Statements of Work (SOW) Software and Cloud Agreements Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) Subcontractor Agreements Teaming Agreements Vendor and Supplier Terms & etc.

• Lead negotiations with customers vendors partners and external counsel where required.

• Assess contractual risks and provide practical business-oriented recommendations.

• Draft and maintain legal templates fallback provisions and negotiation guidance.

Tender Procurement & Bid Support

• Support regional tender activities including RFP RFQ and RFI reviews.

• Identify legal commercial and compliance risks in procurement documentation.

• Review customer contractual requirements and propose appropriate deviations.

• Support contract structuring and risk mitigation during bid and proposal stages.

• Provide legal guidance for vendor registrations customer onboarding requirements and qualification processes.

Legal Advisory

• Provide day-to-day legal advice to stakeholders across APAC.

• Support management in addressing complex legal and commercial matters.

• Assess legal and operational risks for highvalue or strategic deals ensuring compliance with internal policies and approval requirements.

• Support incident management by advising on contractual rights obligations potential exposure and risk mitigation strategies.

Key requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with a recognized law degree and admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction.

• 3 to 5 years of postqualification experience ideally gained inhouse or with strong commercial exposure.

• Proven experience supporting multijurisdictional or APAC businesses.

• Strong background in commercial contracting including customer partner procurement software and professional services agreements.

• Fluency in English (written and spoken); Chinese language capability is an advantage.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels.

• A pragmatic solutionsoriented mindset with strong riskbased judgment.

• Ability to work independently manage priorities effectively and thrive in a fastpaced environment.

WE: Thats us

• A great team of passionate consultants

• Strong personalities that are fair open and respectful to each other

• Attractive and competitive salary and package

• A company that continuously spends more than 6% of its revenue in the education of its employees

Interested in sharing the ONE passion

Wed love to hear from you! Dont hesitate to contact us by phone email or LinkedIn. We look forward to receiving your application documents which should include your résumé (along with project descriptions) salary expectations and references (if available). If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.