Senior Legal Counsel
Core
Senior Legal Counsel providing practical, commercially focused legal, regulatory, and governance advice across multiple regulated entities in the financial services sector.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (financial services)
Builds
Legal strategies, regulatory responses, commercial agreements, and risk mitigation frameworks for business expansion and new product initiatives.
Domain
Financial services, insurance, Takaful, and asset management in Malaysia
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Complex commercial agreement drafting and negotiation, regulatory engagement management, legal risk analysis, stakeholder advisory, process improvement, team mentorship
Preferred skills
Financial services regulatory experience, knowledge of Malaysian corporate and commercial law, strategic project advisory
Technologies
Legal templates, guidance playbooks, risk-management processes
Responsibilities
Manage complex and higher-risk legal, regulatory, and governance matters; lead regulatory engagements with Bank Negara Malaysia and Labuan Financial Services Authority; draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements; advise on new products, transactions, and strategic projects; develop legal training and risk-management processes; mentor junior team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope