Senior Legal Manager

Responsibilities:

Legal Advisory and Risk Management

Provide timely, practical, and commercially sound legal advice to management and business units on legal, regulatory, governance, and compliance matters. Draft, review, negotiate, and approve contracts, legal opinions, policies, memoranda, and other legal documents. Identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks arising from business activities, transactions, strategic initiatives, products, and projects. Advise stakeholders on the interpretation and application of laws, regulations, regulatory issuances, and internal policies. Support business initiatives by providing risk-based legal solutions that enable informed business decision-making. Manage the legal risk exposure of the Company by ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Communicate and negotiate with regulators, external counsels, counterparties, industry associations, and other stakeholders as necessary. Ensure timely and quality responses to Requests for Legal Assistance (RLA) within agreed turnaround times and service standards. Support legal matters involving local and regional affiliates and subsidiaries as required. Assist the Head of Legal in overseeing the Legal Department's advisory, litigation, governance, regulatory, compliance, and operational functions and act on delegated matters as required.

Corporate Governance

Advise and support the Board of Directors, Board Committees, Senior Management, and Corporate Secretary on corporate governance matters and regulatory developments. Assist in drafting, reviewing, and filing corporate documents, including board resolutions, minutes, disclosures, secretary’s certificates, and corporate approvals. Coordinate and support board and committee meetings, including preparation of agendas, materials, and governance documentation. Maintain and oversee corporate records and governance-related documentation. Monitor compliance with corporate governance requirements prescribed by regulatory authorities and internal governance frameworks. Recommend enhancements to governance policies, procedures, and practices in alignment with regulatory expectations and industry best practices. Support governance-related audits, regulatory examinations, and special projects. Assist the Corporate Secretary in implementing governance initiatives and strategic projects.

Data Privacy and Information Governance

Provide legal advice regarding compliance with the Data Privacy Act and applicable privacy regulations. Review privacy notices, consent forms, data sharing agreements, data processing agreements, and related documentation. Assist in the investigation, assessment, mitigation, escalation, and reporting of personal data breaches and privacy incidents. Coordinate with Compliance, Information Security, Risk Management, Procurement, and the Data Protection Officer on privacy-related matters. Monitor developments in privacy laws and regulations.

Contract Management

Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on commercial agreements, vendor agreements, technology agreements, distribution agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other contractual arrangements. Partner with business stakeholders to understand commercial objectives while protecting the Company's legal and regulatory interests. Develop and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and contracting standards. Identify contractual risks and recommend practical and commercially appropriate solutions. Provide legal support for contract disputes and recommend dispute resolution strategies. Ensure contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.

Litigation and Dispute Management

Develop and implement effective litigation and dispute resolution strategies. Manage and maintain an accurate litigation portfolio and reporting mechanism for ongoing cases and regulatory matters. Represent the Company in judicial, quasi-judicial, administrative