Legal Counsel (Asia Pacific)

Industry Category	Services	Position	Lawyer / Legal Asst
Recruitment Department		Number Of Recruits	several
Work Location	All Cities	Nature Of Work	Full Time
Gender Requirements	Male	Marriage Requirement	No marital status restrictions
Education Level	Open to all levels	Work Experience	No work experience restrictions
Age Requirement	Above 18 years old	Salary Package	80000-100000 PHP / Monthly
Updated Date	2022-09-30	Valid Until	Long-term validity

about YOU.

If you are a confident and experienced legal professional who is always willing to learn. Are you able to analyst and product strategies and recommendations for compliance? If you have experience in commercial law in common law countries…Are you able to be hands-on and draft, review, and deliver commercial agreements and advice to management. If you are familiar with reviewing compliance to local statutory regulations in Australia and Singapore both legal and other compliance such as IS09000. You will be able to hold your own and act as a steward of the companies interests and to grow your career within our rapidly growing company.

The Opportunity:

AECO Energy is a decade-old company operating in deregulated electricity markets and is expanding across Asia and renewable energy solutions. We offer a range of services. The company is growing and is adding a senior legal officer to our team. Working under the guidance of the CFO and as part of that team, you will be the first member of the team to provide in-house legal and compliance services. This is a new position and the first legal position in our growing business of 95 staff. You will benefit from the support of a strong team of colleagues with diverse backgrounds innovating in the energy markets across Asia. You will be responsible for all legal matters and compliance for the company across Australian and Singaporean law, and you will be responsible to oversee all compliance, including ISO9000, working with our in-house audit team.

about Us:

Headquartered in Singapore. and have been operating a service in the Australian marketplace for over 10 years. AECO Pacific launched its local AECO Energy Brand in Singapore in 2021 for local and Asian markets. You will be joining a diverse team of 75 professionals working from home across SE Asia and Australia driving electricity solutions to customers. We have transitioned to a 100% COVID work-from-home company with all the required solutions and technology to enable this transformation.

Our core ethics: SMART, RIGOROUS, and TRUSTWORTHY:

In addition to your natural legal talent, this role is a strategic one. Your intelligence and methodical approach to success and ability to inspire others will ensure your success in this role. We operate under the principles of being Smart, Rigorous, and Trustworthy. We seek efficiency over speed, strategy over tactics and intelligence, and time in the market to yield success. We don't rush. We seek to win. You will need to embody those qualities. Short-term sales are just not enough.

Innovation and Technology:

You will need to be comfortable with technology and innovation. This will be a primarily work-from-home role, due to current restrictions. You will need to work with the other teams using Microsoft Teams and online processes. You will need to innovate both processes and approaches to meet market demands.

Responsibilities:

Commercial Agreements: Review, draft and complete all forms of commercial agreements under Australian and Singapore commercial Law.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure and Audit of compliance for regulations for business operation in Australian and Singapore Law. This includes labor and consumer law. You will be expected to be able to learn and implement knowledge found in these jurisdictions and ensure corporate compliance to national requirements.

Non-Regulatory Compliance. Oversee and plan and execute ISO9000 quality compliance. 

Collaborate with your team. Leverage your domain knowledge when working with cross-divisional teams to define and execute business strategies. Be disciplined, motivated, resourceful, and take initiative to resolve issues. Proper follow-up, paperwork, and internal process to adhere to company policy. 

about you:

7+ years of legal experience in a commercial contextExperience in international commercial agreementsExperience in Australian and Singaporean or other common law country desirable.Experience in regulatory compliance.Able to negotiate, represent the company, work as a member of a multi-disciplinary group of professionals.Poly Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Law

Recommended Qualifications

Membership of appropriate legal society

Laptop and PC Requirements for Work from home Arrangement 

These are the minimum system requirements we are looking for a remote working staff that we want to hire: 

Must be Minimum windows 7, 8, and 10 / Mac 12.X or higher. Internet Speed must be above 20Mbps UP and Down. Anti-Virus and Firewall must be enabled. The system must have a minimum of 20 GB of disk space on the C drive. System RAM must be a minimum of 8 GB. Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster process Must have a backup internet connection  Best but not required to have a backup laptop or computer if the current computer fails. 

NOTE: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via phone and email.

Aeco Pacific provides Information technology solutions for energy markets. Started in 2009, with a simple vision of helping small businesses save money on their electricity costs by offering specialist electricity broker services. Since then we have grown to a international company, helping small to medium businesses save time and money on their electricity contracts through Energy brokerage and acquisition, Contract lifecycle management, Energy business intelligence and reporting as well as Energy efficiency solutions. As one of Australia's largest energy solutions companies we pride ourselves on putting our customer’s first, analysing their energy consumption and providing a range of choices that suit their business profile.