Legal Manager

Company not disclosed

Singapore, Singapore
Salary not specified
Posted
Full-time
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Job Description

About the Company We are a newly NASDAQ-listed Singapore-based biotech company operating in a fast-paced, cross-border environment. As a public company, we are building out our legal, compliance, and corporate governance function to support our U.S. securities law obligations, commercial operations, and global growth. We are seeking a proactive and business-minded Mid-Level Legal Counsel to join our team. This role is ideal for a lawyer with hands-on in-house experience who is comfortable working across U.S. securities law, corporate governance, commercial contracts, compliance, and general legal matters.Key Responsibilities - Support the company’s U.S. securities law compliance as a NASDAQ-listed issuer, including SEC reporting, disclosure controls, public company governance, and ongoing compliance matters. - Assist with preparation and review of SEC filings, announcements, board materials, investor communications, and disclosure documents. - Advise on NASDAQ listing rules, corporate governance requirements, insider trading policies, blackout periods, related-party transactions, and other public company compliance matters. - Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor agreements, service agreements, NDAs, licensing agreements, consulting agreements, and strategic partnership documents. - Support corporate transactions, financings, equity-related matters, and other capital markets projects. - Coordinate with external U.S., Singapore, Cayman and other international counsel on securities, regulatory, corporate, employment, and transactional matters. - Handle day-to-day legal matters across the business, including employment, data privacy, compliance, intellectual property, corporate secretarial, and general risk management issues. - Develop and improve internal legal processes, templates, policies, and contract management practices. - Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to management and internal stakeholders. - Take ownership of legal matters from initial review through execution, follow-up, and implementation.Requirements - Qualified lawyer in Singapore, the U.S., England and Wales, Hong Kong, or another common law jurisdiction. - Approximately 6–8 years of post-qualification legal experience, ideally including meaningful in-house experience. - Strong working knowledge of U.S. securities laws, SEC reporting obligations, and public company compliance requirements. - Experience advising or supporting NASDAQ- or U.S.-listed companies is strongly preferred. - Prior experience with capital markets, SEC filings, corporate governance, or listed-company compliance is highly desirable. - Solid experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts. - Ability to manage a broad range of legal matters independently and work effectively with external counsel. - Strong commercial judgment, attention to detail, and ability to translate legal analysis into practical business advice. - Hands-on, proactive, and solutions-oriented attitude; willing to handle both strategic matters and day-to-day legal tasks. - Excellent written and spoken English. Mandarin Chinese would be an advantage.Preferred Qualifications - Prior experience at a reputable law firm followed by in-house experience. - Experience with foreign private issuer reporting, Form 20-F, Form 6-K, shareholder communications, or U.S. capital markets transactions. - Familiarity with Singapore and Cayman Islands corporate law and corporate secretarial matters. - Experience working with cross-border teams and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions. - Comfort operating in a newly public company environment with evolving systems and processes.Candidate Profile The successful candidate will be a practical and adaptable lawyer who can operate independently in a lean legal team. The role requires someone who is comfortable with U.S. public company requirements but also willing to roll up their sleeves and handle the full range of legal matters that arise in a growing business. We are looking for a counsel who is: - proactive and accountable; - detail-oriented but commercially pragmatic; - comfortable working under tight timelines; - able to prioritize competing matters; - willing to handle both high-level securities law matters and routine business contracts; - confident coordinating with senior management, business teams, and external advisers.Why Join Us - Opportunity to work directly on legal and compliance matters for a newly NASDAQ-listed company. - Broad exposure to U.S. securities law, capital markets, corporate governance, and cross-border commercial matters. - High-impact role with direct interaction with management and external advisers. - Entrepreneurial environment where the legal function is still being built and improved.

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