Legal Counsel

Our client is a market leader in the Payments industry. As the company continues to expand within Singapore and South-East Asia, they will be looking to hire for a Legal Counsel to serve as the key legal advisor on regulatory compliance, commercial agreements, and risk management in a dynamic payments environment.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Provide expert legal guidance on financial regulations across Southeast Asia, including support for Major Payment Institution (MPI) licensing.
• Develop, review, and implement compliance policies covering AML/KYC, sanctions, and data privacy (PDPA).
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements with merchants, banks, vendors, and technology partners.
• Manage legal documentation such as NDAs, SLAs, and intellectual property protections for proprietary systems.
• Oversee intellectual property matters, including monitoring and responding to potential infringements.
• Advise on employment-related legal issues, including misconduct, termination, and wage disputes.
• Support corporate structuring and regional expansion efforts, including M&A, joint ventures, due diligence, and shareholder agreements.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Business Development teams to align legal strategies with growth objectives.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor of Law or Juris Doctor with 5–8 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in-house within the payments, fintech, or financial services sector, or from a top-tier law firm advising such clients.
• Proven ability to draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including payment processing, partnerships, technology and vendor contracts.
• Strong understand of payments systems, digital banking, electronic money or financial compliance.
• Familiarity with intellectual property protection and basic employment law issues (e.g., terminations, workplace disputes).
• Experience supporting M&A, JVs, corporate restructuring, or international expansion is preferred.
• Experience in regional financial regulations (e.g., MAS, Bank Negara, OJK, etc.), including experience with licensing processes (e.g., MPI, EMI) will be recommended

To apply, please send your updated resume to Xavier Yap (Reg No.: R1980978) at Xavier.Yap@cornerstoneglobalpartners.com with the job title or quickly fill out the application form below. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Information provided in this advertisement is for recruitment purposes only.

Cornerstone Global Partners (EA Licence Number: 19C9859) is an affirmative equal-opportunity employer and recruitment firm. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.