Legal Executive

🗂 We’re Hiring: Legal Executive
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time
💼 Level: Mid-Level
We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytical, and commercially minded Legal Executive to support the company’s legal, compliance, contractual, and corporate matters. This role is responsible for providing legal support, reviewing and managing contracts, identifying potential legal risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, and working closely with internal departments and external legal advisors to protect the company’s interests.
🎯 Key Responsibilities
• Provide legal support and advice to management and internal departments on day-to-day business and operational matters.
• Review, draft, revise, and negotiate commercial agreements, contracts, letters, notices, and other legal documents.
• Ensure contracts and legal documents adequately protect the company’s interests and minimize potential legal risks.
• Conduct legal research and provide practical recommendations on relevant laws, regulations, and business matters.
• Monitor changes in applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and industry requirements that may affect the company’s operations.
• Support the development, review, and implementation of company policies, procedures, and legal guidelines.
• Assist in managing corporate and commercial legal matters, including agreements, partnerships, procurement, employment-related matters, and business transactions.
• Identify, assess, and monitor potential legal and contractual risks and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
• Maintain and manage the company’s legal documentation, contracts, agreements, records, and related databases.
• Monitor contract expiry dates, renewal periods, obligations, deliverables, and other important contractual milestones.
• Coordinate with external lawyers, law firms, consultants, government authorities, and other external parties when required.
• Assist with dispute resolution, claims, complaints, legal correspondence, and litigation-related matters under the direction of management or external counsel.
• Support corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparation and maintenance of relevant corporate records and documents when required.
• Assist in ensuring the company’s business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and contractual obligations.
• Review legal and regulatory requirements related to marketing, advertising, data protection, intellectual property, employment, procurement, and other business activities when applicable.
• Assist in protecting and managing the company’s intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, confidential information, and other intellectual property rights.
• Support data protection and privacy compliance initiatives and assist with relevant documentation and internal processes.
• Provide legal input and support for new business initiatives, product launches, partnerships, projects, and other commercial activities.
• Prepare legal reports, risk assessments, contract summaries, and updates for management when required.
• Conduct due diligence and legal reviews for potential business partners, suppliers, customers, investments, or other commercial opportunities when required.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive legal, commercial, and corporate information.
• Stay up to date with legal developments, regulatory changes, corporate governance practices, and relevant industry requirements.
✅ Requirements
• Proven experience as a Legal Executive, Legal Officer, Legal Associate, In-House Legal Counsel, or in a related legal role.
• Strong understanding of commercial law, contract law, corporate law, and general business legal matters.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts and legal documents.
• Strong legal research, analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to explain legal issues and recommendations clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
• Strong contract management and documentation skills.
• Good understanding of corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and business risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple legal matters, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with external lawyers, law firms, government authorities, vendors, and business partners is preferred.
• Knowledge of employment law, intellectual property, data protection, consumer protection, or regulatory compliance is an advantage.
• Familiarity with legal research databases, contract management systems, Microsoft Office, and other relevant legal tools.
• Strong sense of integrity, confidentiality, professionalism, and commercial awareness.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with management and cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent legal qualification is required.
• Professional legal qualifications, admission to the relevant Bar, or other recognized legal certifications are an advantage, depending on the jurisdiction and role requirements.
🌟 What We Offer
• Opportunity to provide legal support across a wide range of corporate, commercial, contractual, and operational matters.
• Exposure to senior management and important business, commercial, and strategic initiatives.
• Opportunity to develop strong expertise in corporate legal affairs, contract management, compliance, and risk management.
• Opportunity to work closely with internal departments, external legal advisors, business partners, and other stakeholders.
• Career progression into Senior Legal Executive, Legal Manager, Legal Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Legal, or other legal leadership roles.
• A professional, collaborative, and growth-oriented working environment.
• Training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
• Exposure to diverse legal matters, commercial transactions, regulatory developments, and business projects.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.

Work arrangement
Hybrid