Senior Legal Counsel

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to support a fast-scaling, technology-led business operating across telecoms, digital platforms and SaaS-enabled services. This is abroad, high-impact role working closely with senior leadership across commercial, product, technology and corporate functions. The successful candidate will operate as a trusted advisor to the business, helping to navigate complex legal, regulatory and strategic initiatives across multiple jurisdictions. The role is suited to a lawyer who is comfortable working at pace, with ambiguity, and across a wide portfolio, and who is motivated by building and shaping a modern legal function.

Key Responsibilities Commercial & Product Advisory

• Lead negotiation and structuring of complex commercial agreements, including:
  • Enterprise customer contracts
  • SaaS / platform agreements
  • Strategic partnerships and channel arrangements
• Partner with Product and Technology teams on new product launches, including:
  • Digital services
  • Platform integrations
  • AI / data-driven offerings
• Provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice on risk allocation, pricing models, and go-to-market strategy

Regulatory & Telco / Platform Environment

• Advise on regulatory frameworks relevant to telecoms, digital services and platform businesses across APAC
• Support engagement with regulators and external counsel where required
• Provide guidance on:
  • Data protection / cross-border data flows
  • Licensing / communications regulations
  • Consumer and digital services compliance

Strategic & Corporate Projects

• Support strategic initiatives, including:
  • Partnerships and joint ventures
  • Market entry and expansion
  • Vendor/platform integrations
• Assist on corporate and transactional matters, including:
  • M&A support and due diligence
  • Structuring and execution of strategic investments
  • Work closely with Finance and leadership on risk, governance and structuring issues

Disputes, Risk & Governance

• Oversee and manage disputes and contentious matters, working with external counsel as needed
• Identify and mitigate key legal and operational risks across the business
• Contribute to development of internal frameworks, policies and governance processes

Legal Function Development

• Help build and scale a high-performing, business-aligned legal function
• Develop templates, playbooks and processes to improve speed and consistency of execution
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to overall team capability

Requirements

• 8 to 15 years of post qualification experience (PQE)
• Combination of top-tier private practice and in-house experience, or strong in-house track record gained from Telecoms/ SaaS / platform / digital services companies or Fintech / payments / regulated tech environments.
• Strong track record in complex commercial contracting and negotiations
• Experience advising on product, technology or platform-led businesses
• Exposure to multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments
• Familiarity with corporate / transactional work (M&A, JVs, investments)
• Ability to operate independently and at senior stakeholder level
• Highly commercial and pragmatic - focuses on enabling the business, not blocking it
• Comfortable with ambiguity, pace and evolving priorities
• Strong judgment and ownership mindset
• Able to engage credibly with senior leadership
• Interested in building, not just servicing, a legal function