Legal Counsel, Asia

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to deliver high-quality legal advice to a specific business unit/division, ensuring effective risk management and compliance across the organisation. This position involves representing the company by offering comprehensive legal guidance, strategic solutions, and proactive management of legal matters with minimal supervision. The focus is on identifying and resolving the company’s concerns, issues, risks, and liabilities through in-depth analysis and the development of strategic legal practices.
Additionally, this role includes support for corporate secretarial (Co-Sec) duties. Responsibilities will encompass assisting in the preparation and maintenance of statutory books and records, ensuring the timely submission of required documents to regulatory authorities, and aiding in the organisation and administration of board meetings. The successful candidate will offer advice on corporate governance issues, ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and assist in the management of shareholder relations.
This expanded role requires a legal professional who can balance multiple priorities and communicate effectively with stakeholders both within and outside the organisation while maintaining a high standard of professional ethics and confidentiality.

Your new role:

• Proactively anticipate and identify legal issues, providing counsel to management to develop effective strategies and solutions tailored to different jurisdictions across Asia (such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong).
• Establish and maintain robust relationships with internal and external parties, leveraging in-depth legal knowledge to effectively resolve inquiries and legal matters.
• Conduct thorough research and draft legal documents while addressing regulatory issues across complex and high-risk scenarios in multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise on diverse legal matters, assess associated risks, and recommend bespoke solutions for specific business segments operating across different legal frameworks.
• Actively contribute to decision-making processes by collaborating with internal partners and participating in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Foster a culture of legal risk awareness and effective risk management within the business.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, internal policies, and procedures applicable in various jurisdictions.
• Continuously identify and evaluate legal risks by monitoring relevant developments and proposing strategic organisational responses.
• Prioritise and delegate workload effectively to enhance departmental efficiency.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining robust legal infrastructure and corporate secretarial processes across different regions.

About you:

• Relevant post-qualification experience in a similar role, with specific exposure to international and multi-jurisdictional legal environments.

Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications Include:

• Tertiary Degree in Law or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Certifications/licensing as a lawyer qualified to practice in relevant jurisdictions.
• Experience in corporate governance and compliance, particularly in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

About QBE:

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

QBE Asia’s operations is part of the QBE International Division, and has had a presence in Asia for more than 130 years with offices in: Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau, Malaysia and Vietnam. We continue to be recognised for our ongoing focus on digital innovation to deliver exceptional value and operational excellence for our customers, business partners, people and the community. We support ESG efforts through the QBE Foundation, which helps to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities, by focusing investment and efforts on two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours.

Your career at QBE — Let’s make it happen.

Benefits

Excited to share our comprehensive benefits package at QBE! 🌟

🌟 Flex and hybrid working options

🏡 Work from home policy

👨‍👩‍👧 Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave

🧘‍♀️ Well-being programs

💰 Pensions

🩺 Medical benefits

🌍 Globally, access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning

👪 On top of annual leaves, 3 additional days off (Family care leaves)

📚 Study leave

💍 Marriage leave

🎁 Internal Appreciation program with points to redeem nice merchandize and life experiences

Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your well-being and personal growth! 🌟 #EmployeeBenefits #WorkLifeBalance #CareerDevelopment

Global Disclaimer:

The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.

US Only Disclaimer:

To successfully perform this job, the individual must be able to perform each essential job responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.

Skills:

Business Law, Communication, Contract Management, Critical Thinking, Intentional collaboration, Legal Consulting, Legal Documents, Legal Risk, Litigation Management, Managing performance, Negotiation, Professional Networking, Research Analysis, Sound Judgment, Team Management

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.