Meeting clients, making and attending appointments, drafting and preparing cause papers, attending court hearings. We are looking for a corporate lawyer to join our practice and to expand our portfolio of corporate, commercial work.

- Assist Chief Compliance Officer ('CCO') to establish compliance infrastructures to identify and direct the actions necessary to implement the requirements of existing and new laws and regulatory rules and guidelines ('Regulations') applicable to the banking and stockbroking business.

- Monitor the activities of the various divisions of the Bank for compliance with applicable laws, Regulations and internal policies.

- Review the adequacy of the various divisions' operational procedures and the Bank's policies and control systems for compliance with management directives and changes in laws or Regulations.

- Assist CCO to keep the Board, management and employees up-to-date with compliance concerns, including areas of weakness and any proposed new or revised laws, Regulations and compliance issues arising from such new or revised laws and Regulations.

- To provide responsive, sound, coherent and consistent advice, interpretation and recommendations on compliance and legal issues relating to the operations, activities, products and other business initiatives of the Bank.

- Perform statutory and regulatory responsibilities required of compliance officers by regulatory authorities (e.g. in relation to anti-money laundering, the Rules of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, etc.)

- Assist the various divisions of the Bank to draft, prepare and/or review documents required to be used in the course of the Bank's activities, e.g. agreements, transaction documents, regulatory submissions, product and marketing information, etc. from a legal or compliance perspective.

- Liaise with regulatory authorities and industry representative bodies in respect of compliance matters and law firms for legal matters.

- Monitor the conduct of litigation cases by panel law firms.

- to lead the corporate practice division
- to provide legal advice on the corporate-related matter, e.g. JV agreement, M&A, corporate exercises and etc.

- To handle conveyancing related matters.

- Contracts review and drafting (both client and supplier contracts).
- Regulatory compliance, implementation of the company�s ethics and compliance program, labor issues, legal knowledge management, disputes and litigation, IP and corporate legal tasks.
- The candidate is not expected to have any particular expertise. Training will be provided and a learning curve is expected.

- Assist the Head of Legal on all matters including but not limited to litigation, contract, corporate and all other legal matters.
- Assist in recording all legal and compliance matters.
- Assist in liaising and coordinating with external solicitors on all legal matters.
- To undertake any and all other duties and responsibilities as so instructed by immediate superior or Head of Legal.

- Provide support to the head of legal on large and/or complex projects including corporate and/or funding projects.
- To draft, vet and negotiate corporate and commercial agreements
- To advise and handle M&A, corporate exercises matters

- Draft, vet and negotiate contracts and all types of legal documents to ensure the company's full legal rights.
- Identify and evaluate legal issues arising from commitments made by the company and to advise and formulate appropriate resolutions.
- Provide legal opinion, advice and guidance to executives on a variety of legal topics and contractual agreements to ensure the company's interest is protected and there are no adverse legal implications within its operations and among its subsidiaries.
- Review company's business framework to ensure internal governance and compliance to the various laws and regulations applicable to the business
- Assist with possible mergers, acquisitions and formation of business entities within the jurisdiction and other markets for business expansion.
- Communicate and liaise with external counsel where applicable.
- Performing various tasks related to the legal matters of the company.

- Legal support to various business divisions within the group to facilitate operations.

- Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts including with vendors, customers, dealers, business partners and other telecommunications providers.

- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts for the sale and procurement of goods and services in particular procurement of network equipment, IT related systems, platforms, associated services and software.

- Legal research.

- Able to balance legal issues against commercial requirements in the performance of assigned duties and tasks.

- Advice must be practical while ensuring our client' interests are protected and compliance with law observed.

Ability to negotiate, draft and review agreements, and any other documents which require legal input, independently with no or with minimal supervision.

Ensuring compliance by the Group with all applicable laws (including but not limited to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), Companies Act 2016, Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, SST act – once it comes into force).

Research, review and identify relevant legal issues (case law, legislation, regulations) applicable to the Group and provide training and updates from time to time to the Group on such matters.

Ability to identify legal risks involved in various business deals and advise management on the same.

Providing general commercial legal support to the Group which will include the following types of legal work:

(a) developing precedent agreements;

(b) attending contract negotiation meetings;

(c) helping to resolve legal disputes and advising on a range of legal issues for the Group’s business areas;

(d) supervising and training the assistant legal manager where required;

(e) assist in litigious matters and liaising with external solicitors;

(f) providing valuable support to the legal department on all legal related matters concerning the Group.