About the role
AI summarisedSenior Legal Counsel at a marine and offshore engineering company, providing legal support across general corporate, commercial contracts, and litigation matters. The role involves advising on financing, M&A, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance, as well as managing litigation and external counsel.
IndustrialFull-timeGeneral
Key Responsibilities
- Partners with business heads and legal counterparts of Seatrium's subsidiary to provide ongoing legal support and to advise on legal matters
- Provides general corporate legal and regulatory advice in the areas such as financing, banking, leases and M&A (Merger and Acquisition), intellectual property, to ensure regulatory compliance of relevant regulations eg sanctions, data protection, anti-competition etc
- Drafts basic documents (e.g. MOU, JV contracts) as may be required by business functions
- Provides legal advice to the Finance team in negotiating banking documentations for loan or other agreements with financial institutions
- Advises in legal matters, attends meetings and works directly with the company's customers and vendors
- Performs research and stays abreast with changes in laws and proactively advise on changes that could affect the organisation's operation
- Provides legal support and addresses general legal queries from internal business stakeholders and departments, when required
- Provides legal advice on a wide range of legal issues related to marine and offshore Industry contracts and agreements (i.e. Shipbuilding and Shiprepair, EPC contracts, newbuilding and EPCIC contracts, purchase contracts, charters agreements, agency, carriage contracts, storage and logistics etc.)
- Reviews, advises and provides support in commercial transaction matters relating to contract negotiations, letters, notices, agreements, MOU, letters of undertaking, letters of intent or any other legal documents
- Responsible for managing litigation matters
- Liaising with external lawyers, managing costs of external lawyers in relation to matters in litigation, coordinating information from Company to external lawyers
- Conducts legal research, investigation and analysis regarding potential litigation to formulate the company's legal strategy and actions, coordinating with external lawyers where required
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Law or equivalent from recognized university
- 3 to 5 years of PQE (Post Qualified Experience) preferably with established law firm or corporate in-house legal environment
- Experience in civil and commercial litigation, contract drafting
- Experience in construction law, international trade, or intellectual property work an advantage
- Commercial legal experience in a law firm or as-house legal counsel preferred
- Good knowledge of laws applicable to company's operations and businesses
- Strong communicator and possess a commercially savvy approach to legal matters
- Sound knowledge in handling domestic and cross-border / regional dispute resolution litigation