Senior Analyst, Corporate Counsel & Secretarial

Job Responsibilities

• Perform legal research and analysis, preparing legal opinions, briefing notes, and statutory interpretations concerning corporate and operational issues, governance processes, contractual agreements, and the execution of regulatory policies and decisions.
• Draft, review, and manage contracts, memoranda, letters, instruments, and other legal documents, while identifying legal, operational, and commercial risks and issues, and offering legal and documentation support during negotiations with internal stakeholders and counterparties.
• Assist with litigation, disputes, judicial reviews, and legal claims by compiling facts and evidence, maintaining case files, coordinating instructions and documents with external counsel, and monitoring milestones, costs, and outcomes.
• Identify and document legal risks linked to organizational and operational initiatives, contractual agreements, and institutional activities, suggesting practical controls or mitigation strategies for evaluation.
• Provide legal guidance on the implications arising from organizational and operational initiatives, governance matters, contractual agreements, and operational activities, while overseeing legal risk management to protect the Commission's interests and facilitate legally sound outcomes.
• Facilitate Board and Board Committee processes by reviewing documents for legal and governance considerations, and preparing agendas, notices, resolutions, minutes, decision extracts, and action trackers.
• Ensure accurate maintenance of statutory, governance, contract, and legal matter records, including registers, declarations, executed documents, precedents, and document repositories, in compliance with approved standards.
• Keep abreast of legislative, regulatory, and case law developments, preparing succinct updates and impact summaries, and aiding in the implementation of subsequent legal or governance actions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Law or an equivalent, recognized legal qualification, along with admission as an advocate and solicitor in Malaysia or another recognized jurisdiction.
• At least 5 years of experience in legal practice, in-house legal roles, regulatory affairs, governance, corporate secretarial functions, or related fields, with hands-on experience in legal research, drafting, and matter coordination.
• Strong understanding of administrative law, statutory interpretation, corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution, Board governance, corporate secretarial practices, and regulatory frameworks.
• Proficiency in conducting structured legal research, analyzing issues, drafting clear legal and governance documents, managing records, and coordinating multiple matters in a timely and accurate manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, organizational abilities, stakeholder engagement capabilities, and problem-solving skills.
• Technical Skills: Legal Advisory & Statutory Interpretation; Research & Analysis; Administrative & Regulatory Law; Litigation & Dispute Management; Legal Risk Management; Board Governance & Corporate Secretarial Practice; Contract Review & Negotiation; Legal Drafting; Stakeholder Management.