Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel – APAC

The role

You will act as the first legal hire in APAC to manage legal and compliance matters across the region. You will draft and negotiate commercial agreements and advise on APAC data protection, advertising, and consumer protection laws.

What you will do

• Act as the first point of contact for APAC legal matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements using group templates and playbooks.
• Support negotiations from redline to signature.
• Advise on APAC data protection laws.
• Draft and negotiate DPAs and support cross-border data transfers.
• Advise on advertising and consumer protection laws relevant to adtech and mobile apps.
• Support the General Counsel on regional disputes, pre-litigation matters and regulatory inquiries.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across APAC.
• Help roll out and adapt the group's compliance framework for APAC.
• Advise on anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and export controls.

Required qualifications

• Qualified lawyer admitted in Singapore or another common law jurisdiction.
• Around 5+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience.
• Strong commercial contracting and negotiation skills.
• Working knowledge of APAC data protection laws.
• Good understanding of IP, particularly software licensing, trademarks and open source.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Singapore qualification is a plus.
• Experience in tech, adtech, mobile apps or SaaS is ideal.
• GDPR exposure is a plus.
• Familiarity with compliance matters such as anti-bribery, sanctions and third-party due diligence is advantageous.
• Exposure to advertising, consumer protection or marketing law is a plus.
• Mandarin, Japanese, Korean or another regional language is a plus

Before you apply

• Tell us about your most passionate personal project.
• Tell us your desired salary.
• Tell us your earliest possible start date.

About the company

applike group is an international business. Their mission is to create an inspiring work environment for amazing people to achieve extraordinary things.