About the Role

As part of the APAC Legal & Compliance team, this role assists the Legal & Compliance Team to provide legal advice, services and support across the business to ensure that client meets all legal, regulatory and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Legal Advice:

- Providing high quality advice, services and support to the clients on a wide variety of legal matters across APAC.

- Providing advice to the business on relevant/applicable laws including retail leasing, residential tenancies, FIRB, construction, privacy, WHS and other areas of property and commercial law

- Developing and maintaining legal precedents, driving consistency and continuous improvement

- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating works and consultancy contracts, product supply agreements, service agreements and other general commercial contracts

- Managing disputes, drafting letters of demand, and providing recommendations for resolution and settlement

- Assisting with the negotiation of lease and license documentation across multiple assets classes

- Assisting on asset disposals and settlement requirements

Document Execution:

- Day-to-day management of document approval and execution procedures

- Arrange document electronic execution via DocuSign

- Maintain document register and provide reports

- Conduct ASIC and DDIQ searches and enquiries

- Verify execution of documents by external parties

- Document management including legal file management

- Maintain contract security register, and undertake regular audit of security held for assets

- Draft and arrange execution and registration of powers of attorney

- Ensure relevant and up-to-date content on the internal intranet





- Managing relationships and accounts with legal support services providers including Dye & Durham and DDIQ (or their equivalents)

- Communicate effectively across all levels of the business and with portfolio companies

Legal Operations:

- Assist in assessing work procedures, providing feedback/suggestions for improvements and implementing improvement processes, where necessary

- Create and/or update standard operating procedures (SOP) and legal precedents

Qualifications

- At least 4+ years of hands-on experience in the legal field, with a minimum of 2+ years PQE gained in a law firm or private practice. Real Estate and/or Hospitality sector experience preferred.

- Bachelor’s degree in law or a related field from a reputed institute

- Experience working with Australian entities

- Knowledge of general legal and property terminology and principles

- Familiarity with powers of attorney and section 126s and 127 of the Corporations Act Cth

Required Skills

- Solid written and verbal communication skills in English

- Meticulous and high attention to detail

- Proficiency in MS Office, Docusign, AI legal tools and the ability to work with technology solutions

- Able to collaborate effectively with stakeholders to gather input and documents

- Well organized, able to prioritize tasks and meet tight timelines

- Able to act autonomously when appropriate and know when to escalate matters

- Comfortable to work both independently and as part of a team

- Motivated and driven to take responsibility for delivering an excellent quality of service

- Strong analytical skills, commercial acumen and ethical mindset

Preferred Industry

- Real Estate and/or Hospitality sector experience preferred.

Pay range and compensation package

Upto 24lac

📌 Associate (Bengaluru)
🏢 Three Across
📍 Bengaluru