Job Scope

• Provide assistance and support to Legal Manager.
• Provide sound legal advice to the Company according to the updated Laws
• in Malaysia.
• Protect the interests of the Company and minimising risk to the Company.
• Ensure the Company’s compliance with relevant and updated statutory and
• regulatory requirements.

Main Job and Responsiblities

Assisting/ Supporting

• Providing assistance and support to Legal Manager.
• Assisting in all legal matters.
• Assisting in drafting and vetting legal documents.
• Assisting in preparing documentations for meetings / legal action.
• Assisting in legal research and providing advice to the Company.
• To ensure all of the legal issues to be settled efficiently and within the timeline given.
• Assisting in providing a systematic and updated contract listing.

 Reviewing

• Ensure all legal documents are in order and will not go against the interest/objective of the Company and in accordance with the law.
• To vet all legal documents before being executed.
• To ensure all the contents in the contracts, legal documents are in accordance with the updated regulations and law and will not jeopardise the Company’s interest.

Research

• Conducting proper and thorough research.
• Ensure to use the right and updated medium to gather information during
• conducting the research.
•  To gain external inputs/opinion.

Drafting

• To ensure proper documentation in legal matters in order to protect the
• interest of the Company
• To draft legal documents such as contract, letter, etc. in accordance with
• Management’s input and in accordance with law.
• To stay updated with best practices in drafting in order to minimise risk
• to the Company.

Advisory

•  Providing sound and reliable advice to the Company.
•  To study the issue/dispute, conducting research and obtain external opinion from experienced persons in the legal fraternity and to provide advice to the Company.

Debt

• Ensuring effective recovery of debts.
• Assisting in preparing and gathering all documents from other Department including but not limited to Finance and Business Development Department, in order to draft and prepare legal documents (i.e.: Letter of Demand).
• If necessary, to assist Management in appointing external lawyer in order to proceed with legal proceedings.

Qualification, Skills and Knowledge

• Bachelor of Laws (Honours).
• Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Sabah.
• 2 years’ experience in legal field (civil litigation and in-house legal counsel).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good research and analytical skills.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Highly motivated and proactive.