Role Overview
The role is critical in supporting all legal, regulatory, and corporate governance matters for Liberty Singapore entities, including contract reviews for Liberty Singapore Retail Entity (and Commercial & Specialty entity as needed), and corporate governance of the Tier 1 Board of Liberty Speciality Markets Singapore Pte Ltd and other legal entities primarily in Singapore both regulated and non-regulated.
Role Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day management on all aspects of the legal function including: (i) Regulatory/legal issues relating to insurance and reinsurance (contract review, policy wordings); (ii) General corporate and commercial advisory work; (iii) Corporate litigation, dispute management and resolution; and (iv) Draft, negotiate, review, approve agreements, legal reports, etc;
- Advise on local legal matters (eg civil, criminal, labor, outsourcing, data protection etc) and on any changes/developments in the law when appropriate;
- Maintains current knowledge of legal issues and developments in the law; evaluates legal trends for impact on the company/ group;
- Enhance systems to efficiently disseminate information, set up and maintain legal library of legal advice and legal contracts;
- Represent and advise on substantial legal and business transactions which require legal expertise and generally involve a high degree of original and creative legal endeavor, evaluation of complex or novel issues. Such transaction may include key vendor, distribution, M&A agreements, and special projects, amongst others;
- Performs comprehensive research and analysis in collaboration with external and internal counsel in assigned areas of specialization; direct, focus and refine comprehensive research of others on matters including insurance regulation, corporate governance, litigation, employment matters, IT, real estate and compliance matters;
- Maintain the company’s license (e.g. business scope extension) and relationship with regulators in conjunction with local and regional management;
- Provide legal support on insurance claims review when needed;
- In conjunction with Regional & Global Legal, oversee and monitor all intellectual property rights;
- Provide day-to-day management on all aspects of corporate governance, including liaising between the Board and management, ensuring effective communication facilitating informed decision-making and enhancing overall board effectiveness and oversight
- Board and committee support including collation and distribution of board packs, ensuring arrangements in place for smooth running of meetings
- Drafting clear and accurate minutes and actions in a timely manner
- Liaising with non-executive and executive directors
- Driving continued enhancement of board and committee papers to ensure they drive effective debate, challenge and outcomes at Board and Committee meetings
- Embedding Diligent Entities as the single source of truth for all legal entity information with proportionate review process for all entities within your remit
- Managing relevant statutory filings
- Maintaining procedure documents
- Supporting the business in navigating the corporate governance framework for ease of transaction of business
- Ensure the corporate governance framework is robust an effective locally and in line with LII and LMG requirements
- Report all issues to Local & Regional Legal and Corporate Governance per Reporting Protocols;
- Other ad-hoc duties, as required
- Adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements form part of your role and to proactively demonstrate compliance with these requirements and behaviours at all times.
Role Competencies | Experience & Skills
- Singapore qualified lawyer
- Minimum 10 years legal PQE experience at a law firm, or preferably as in-house counsel
- Excellent analytical & legal writing & communication skills.
- Ability to communicate and explain complex issues clearly and succinctly.
- Ability to build trust and effectively network with internal and external stakeholders.
- Professional and approachable with a “can-do” attitude to interact successfully with senior management/colleagues/external suppliers.
- Strong relationship / inter-personal skills.
- Strong business acumen and instinct.
- Client service mentality with an ability to challenge and probe to achieve optimal client outcomes.
- Integrity and high ethical standards, acting with discretion at all times.
- Ability to manage time and projects, meet deadlines and prioritise.
- Self-motivated, as well as a strong team player with a keen sense of ownership and desire for continuous improvement.
- Strong written and verbal skills and an effective communicator with confidence, maturity and gravitas to deal effectively at senior level.
- Able to work proactively under own initiative, prioritise, handle time pressure and manage multiple projects at the same time with flexibility to adapt to shifting expectations.
- PC skills – ability to use legal entity management systems and other system packages, proficient and fast at learning and adapting to new technology and software.
- Familiarity with corporate operations and SBU objectives
