Job Description

• Responsible for all legal affairs & corporate matters for the company and its group of companies including contract management, end- to-end management of all agreements and contracts and dealing with regulatory bodies including compliances to the laws: enforcement, implementation & M&A transactions (if any)

• Provide legal counsel to the Board of directors, Executive Chairman, Group COO and respective company's CEOs, COOs and other senior management.

• Manage and analyse complex legal risks and opportunities on various Malaysian laws to ensure continuous business growth.

• Handling and conducting legal watch and ensuring comprehensive and on-going knowledge of emerging trends and subjects that have potential in impacting the company's business

• Identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk and developing/implementing corrective action plans to reduce legal risks and protect the assets as well as handling management of legal process systems (e.g. contracts management policy, compliance approvals etc)
• Responsible in handling corporate secretarial and litigation matters, ensuring collaborative objectives are achieved with various internal stakeholders in relation to internal audit, internal control, risk management, process improvement and efficiency

• Provide the necessary legal counsel services to ensure a more effective regulatory function in the Group through interpretation and legal analysis of the current laws and/or drafting changes of legislation, rules and regulations

• Provide advice and oversee good governance processes in regulatory counsel related matters

• Provide assistance to any other ad hoc duties assigned from time to time.

• Possess Degree in Law/Jurisprudence with at least ten (10) years legal working experience and/or admitted to the Malaysia Bar

• Possess minimum ten (10) years of experience with high exposure in the area of Law with breadth of experience in management capacity

• Possess minimum 5 years legal practicing/ litigation experience

• Conversant with the Companies Act 1965, Bursa Malaysia listing requirements and other relevant rules and regulations

• Experienced in construction industry and/or oil & gas will be an added advantage

• Experienced and understanding on technical knowledge in civil & structure, oil & gas, manufacturing business requirements and/or government-linked companies will be an added advantage