Legal Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Advise management and internal teams on corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding, and other legal documents.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, and internal policies; identify and mitigate legal risks.
• Oversee governance matters, regulatory filings, corporate documentation, and statutory requirements.
• Manage disputes, claims, proceedings, and contentious matters with external counsel as needed.
• Develop and maintain legal policies, procedures, and compliance guidelines.
• Review business proposals, partnerships, supplier contracts, and customer arrangements.
• Monitor legislation and regulatory and industry developments affecting operations.
• Coordinate with external lawyers, consultants, authorities, and other relevant parties.
• Support mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, commercial transactions, and strategic projects.
• Conduct research and prepare management reports, risk assessments, and recommendations.
• Provide employee training; maintain legal records; manage legal budgets and external providers; support audits and investigations; improve contract processes; protect confidential information, intellectual property, and company assets.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a Legal Manager, Legal Counsel, Corporate Lawyer, or similar legal position.
• Recognized law degree or equivalent qualification; relevant professional qualifications and authorization to practise where required.
• Strong knowledge of corporate law, commercial contracts, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements and legal documents.
• Strong legal research, analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, negotiation, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to identify legal risks and provide practical business-aligned solutions; manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, ethical conduct, and ability to explain legal issues in clear business language.
• External counsel, litigation, and dispute resolution experience is an advantage; familiarity with compliance and risk frameworks is expected.
• Microsoft Office, contract management or legal research software, a master's degree, and relevant corporate-sector experience are described as advantages or preferred.

What the employer offers

• Opportunity to support strategic decisions and work with senior management on corporate governance, commercial transactions, compliance, and enterprise risk.
• Collaborative environment, professional development, training, and potential career progression in legal leadership.
• Competitive compensation and a benefits package.