About the role
AI summarisedA hands-on transactional role supporting IT deals within Accenture’s South East Asia (SEA) business, covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The role involves providing objective, commercially relevant legal advice to manage risk and ensure compliance while working closely with deal teams on leading-edge technology offerings.
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Key Responsibilities
- Advise deal teams on shaping the business opportunity within a transaction.
- Collaborate with finance, solution, and commercial teams to identify and manage transactional issues and architect workable solutions.
- Develop effective negotiating strategies with deal teams.
- Lead legal negotiations to conclude contractual documents as part of the negotiation team.
- Manage the escalation process for key legal and commercial risks.
- Prepare briefings for legal and business approvers and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Minimum 4-8 years post-qualifying experience.
- Admitted to the Singapore Bar.
- Experience in relevant complex commercial transactions demonstrating high transactional responsibility.
- Demonstrated ability to lead legal support for complex systems integration, outsourcing, and technology transactions.
- Strong negotiation skills with a proven ability to lead contract negotiations and deal directly with senior client counsel.
- Demonstrated business/commercial acumen.
- Solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to structure client transactions advantageously from a legal and business perspective.
- Ability to independently manage drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional documents.