Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description

Position Title: Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Compliance

Location: Menara BRDB, Bangsar (Hybrid Working Environment)

Company Description

Tyndall Insurance Limited is a specialist insurer based in Labuan, focused on tradecreditand structured risk solutions across Asia-Pacific. We work closely with brokers, reinsurers, banks, and corporate clients to deliver pragmatic,commercially-driveninsurance solutions in emerging and developed markets.

As a lean, growth-oriented insurer, Tyndall places strong emphasis on regulatory integrity, contractual discipline, and commercially sound risk transfer.

Role Overview

The Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Compliance to act as thesole in-house legal functionfor the business, responsible for the end-to-end ownership of Tyndall Insurance's legal, regulatory, compliance, and governance framework.

Operating as a sole contributor in a lean, regulated environment, this role provides independent, strategic legal advice to senior management and the Board of Directors, ensures full regulatory compliance, and acts as the primary interface with key counterparties.

The role is both strategic and hands-on, requiring sound commercial judgment, regulatory expertise, and the ability to design, implement, and continuously enhance legal and compliance frameworks without day-to-day supervision.

Key Responsibilities

Legal & Regulatory Advisory

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal documents, including insurance policies and endorsements (primarily trade credit and specialty lines), reinsurance treaties and facultative placements, binder agreements, NDAs, broker agreements, and underwriting authorities.
• Adviseunderwriting and management on policy wording, coverage interpretation, and claims-related legal issues
• Support claimshandling oncomplex or disputed matters in coordination with claims and underwriting teams
• Provide strategic legal advice on corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters affecting the company's operations.
• Conduct comprehensive regulatory research to guide market entry and expansion strategies.
• Support the drafting and implementation of internal policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures from a legal and compliance perspective.
• Ensure adherence to relevant insurance legislation, financial services regulations, company law, labour law, and data protection requirements.

Compliance Management

• Serve as the company's Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer (AMLO), ensuring adherence to AML/CFT and regulatory obligations.
• Design, implement, and continuously enhance the company's compliance framework to ensure alignment with current regulatory standards, including AML/CFT, sanctions, data protection, and conduct requirements.
• Oversee KYC processes and customer risk assessments, including screening for PEPs, sanctions exposure, and adverse media.
• Independently lead the company's annual AML/CFT risk assessment, AMLA training, and coordination of AML and financial audits.
• Monitor and report compliance breaches, supervise remedial action plans, and maintain the company's compliance register and reporting frameworks.

Corporate Governance & Board Advisory

• Manage corporate secretarial functions including preparation of board agendas, papers, resolutions and meeting minutes.
• Present compliance and legal findings, updates, and recommendations to the Board to ensure ongoing regulatory alignment
• Develop and maintain key governance documents such as the Board Charter, Terms of Reference and internal governance policies
• Ensure effective record-keeping and adherence to governance best practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent; admission to practice in a Commonwealth jurisdiction (e.g., Australia, Malaysia, Singapore).
• Minimum 4-6 years PQE with substantial experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or other regulated sectors.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT frameworks, sanctions compliance, and financial regulatory environments.
• Prior in-house experience at an insurer, reinsurer, MGA, or financial institution highly desirable
• Strong understanding of insurance contracts and reinsurance documentation
• Experienceoperatingindependently or in a lean legal function
• Familiarity with regulatory environments in Labuan, Malaysia, or comparable offshore insurancejurisdictionsis an advantage

Key Skills & Attributes

• Comfortable as asole legal contributorwith end-to-end responsibility in a lean organisation.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.
• Commerciallyminded; able to balance legal rigor with business practicality
• High attention to detail, accuracy and proactive in identifying and mitigating risk.
• Calm and decisive in a regulated, risk-sensitive environment

Remuneration

• Compensation will bealigned with the scope and responsibility of the position, with an indicative monthly range ofMYR 10,000 15,000.