Senior Manager, Legal Affairs, Compliance & Corporate Secretarial

Join Our Team as a Senior Manager, Legal Affairs, Compliance & Corporate Secretarial!

Are you a legal professional with strong analytical skills and attention to detail, ready to safeguard our Group's interests, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead your team

If you are passionate about law, compliance, and corporate governance or company secretarial work, and enjoy a dynamic environment handling diverse legal matters, this could be the right opportunity for you.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Be the Legal Expert – Provide strategic and practical legal advice to business units to support sound business decisions while ensuring legal compliance and effective risk management.
• Contract Guru – Demonstrate strong drafting, negotiation and analytical skills in managing contractual and corporate matters. Able to manage a wide range of contracts, including commercial agreements and complex corporate transactions, ensuring legal soundness and alignment with business objectives.
• Master of Risk – Identify, evaluate and mitigate legal and business risks to safeguard the interests of the group companies.
• Compliance & Governance Champion – Develop and implement compliance programs, SOPPs, policies and internal procedures. Conduct compliance training and promote best practices across the organization to ensure adherence to applicable laws and regulations.
• Construction & Industry Matters – Familiarity with legal matters relating to building and construction projects, including PAM, IEM, and FIDIC contracts, would be an advantage.
• Corporate Transactions Leader – Support and oversee due diligence exercises, mergers & acquisitions, and other corporate exercises.
• Multi-tasking Maven – Ability to manage multiple projects, legal and compliance matters and deadlines efficiently while maintaining a high standards of accuracy and attention to detail.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent qualification, preferably with professional qualifications such as ACIS or Licensed Secretary certification.
• Admitted to the Malaysian Bar.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in legal practice, in house legal or a combination of both.
• Strong knowledge of company law, commercial law, and civil procedures and litigation matters.
• Experience in building and construction projects, with familiarity in PAM, IEM, and FIDIC contracts.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong understanding of compliance matters, including the ability to draft SOPPs, policies, and procedures.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Impactful Role – Your expertise will have a direct impact on the organisation's success and the safeguarding of its legal interests.
• Dynamic Environment – Be part of a vibrant and fast-paced workplace, where every day brings new and exciting challenges.
• Collaborative Team – Work closely with cross-functional teams and senior management in driving business success.

If you're ready to step into a role where your legal and compliance expertise will shine, we'd love to hear from you!