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Job description for Legal Counsel at French Chamber Of Commerce In Singapore
On behalf of one of its clients, the French Chamber of Singapore is looking for a
Legal Counsel
The hiring Company is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a purpose to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy.
It is a fast-growing team of over 2,000 employees with presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines to provide tailor-made integrated solutions for our customers in commercial buildings, industries, and cities.
Using globally leading technologies, they create innovative energy and smart solutions that enhance the performance of homes, business, community, and make the world a better place. They act throughout the value chain: strategy, design, engineering, energy-efficient asset construction, digital platforms, operations management, financing syndication and outcome assurance.
ROLE DESCRIPTION:
- Provide legal advice on all contracts and projects for the company including existing and new investments (development of greenfields and brownfields, due diligence), partnerships and commercial contracts in the South East Asia region with a strong focus on district cooling, utilities supply, energy efficiencies
- Provide legal support to the company when the company participates in tenders or when the company organizes tenders
- Provide the legal support for internal approval process of projects (i.e. drafting legal memo, participating to project review meetings) and ensuring compliance of the projects with the relevant policies
- Contracts implementation and management
- Conduct relevant checks on counterparties
- Drafting and implementing policies
- Handle compliance matters
- Ensure adequate legal reporting and sharing of knowledge in corporation within the legal line
- Manage the external lawyers appointed for projects
- Legal research
- Any other ad-hoc duties as and when assigned
Requirements
- 7 –13 years of PQE
- Top tier corporate law firms
- Prior in-house experience
- Cross border experience
- Experience in Energy Efficiency Performance Contracts, District Cooling Schemes, Utilities Supply Contracts, BOOT contracts, joint venture agreements, tender submissions to the clients, tender organisations to the subcontractors
- Proficient in spoken and written English
- Extraordinary attention to details and diligent. Independent, ability to challenge status quo and think outside of the box
- Qualified and called to either Singapore/ Malaysia bar