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  • Legal Counsel in a listed manufacturing MNC

    Singapore
    Permanent

    This role requires a Legal Counsel to provide expert advice and support on legal matters within the industrial and manufacturing sector. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working on diverse legal challenges.

    • Competitive Salary and comprehensive benefits package
    • Newly created role
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  • Senior Legal Counsel - Global Leader in Sensory Technologies

    Singapore
    Permanent

    This is a senior in-house legal role supporting overseas expansion across multiple jurisdictions. You will act as a trusted advisor to the business, partnering closely with commercial and operational teams on international projects.

    • Own legal strategy for complex cross-border projects and investments
    • Work closely with senior stakeholders on high-impact overseas matters
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  • Senior Legal Counsel - Global Technology Solutions Provider

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    This is a strategic in-house legal role supporting a growing, innovation-led organisation with global commercial activities. The position partners closely with senior stakeholders to deliver practical, business-aligned legal advice across technology, IP and international contracting matters.

    • Senior legal role supporting technology-driven commercial initiatives
    • Exposure to complex cross-border IP and collaboration agreements
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  • Legal and Compliance Officer

    Singapore
    Temporary

    The Compliance and Legal Officer will support the Risk & Compliance department within the financial services industry. This opportunity involves ensuring regulatory adherence and providing legal guidance.

    • Play a pivotal role in shaping compliance and legal strategy.
    • Work with senior leadership and gain exposure to cross-border transactions.
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  • Regional Legal Counsel - Global Leader in Sustainable Building Solutions

    Singapore
    Permanent

    This is an excellent opportunity for an in‑house legal professional to take on a regional advisory role supporting complex construction and infrastructure activities across Southeast Asia. The position offers strong visibility, cross‑border exposure and the chance to contribute to legal strategy, risk management and operational excellence.

    • Regional legal role supporting ASEAN construction operations
    • High exposure to contracts, risk advisory and senior stakeholders
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  • Senior Legal Counsel - Leading Global Bank

    Singapore
    Temporary
    SG$14,400 - SG$17,600 per month (SG$172,800 - SG$211,200 per year)

    The role of Senior Legal Counsel in the financial services industry involves providing expert legal advice and support to the organisation. This temporary position is based in Singapore and requires a focus on legal compliance and governance.

    • Join a leading global bank as a legal counsel
    • 12 months contract with potential for extension
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  • Legal Manager, Bid & Commercial - ICT Solutions Provider

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    This is a critical commercial leadership role supporting large‑scale bids and post‑contract governance within a fast‑paced telecommunications and ICT environment. You will sit at the centre of sales, legal, finance and delivery teams to ensure commercially sound, compliant and competitive outcomes.

    • Lead high‑value bids across complex ICT and telecom programmes
    • Shape commercial strategy and manage risk in competitive tenders
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  • Assistant Chief Counsel - Media & Digital Sector

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    This is a senior legal leadership role supporting complex regulatory, policy, and technology matters in a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem. You will be a trusted advisor shaping governance frameworks, enabling innovation, and safeguarding organisational and national interests.

    • Lead legal strategy across emerging tech & digital regulatory domains.
    • Shape policy frameworks influencing a fast‑evolving digital economy.
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  • Compliance Manager - Global Shipping Organisation

    Singapore
    Permanent
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    Join a globally recognised organisation in the transportation and logistics sector, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing enterprise-wide compliance programmes. This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional with expertise in sanctions and anti-bribery frameworks to influence business decisions, strengthen governance standards, and drive a culture of integrity across international operations.

    • Lead global sanctions and anti-bribery compliance initiatives
    • Influence compliance strategy across international operations
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  • Head of Corporate Secretarial - High growth professional services firm

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    The Head of Corporate Secretarial will lead the corporate secretarial function, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements while managing governance frameworks. This role is ideal for an experienced professional in the business services industry, capable of delivering strategic support to the legal department.

    • High growth practice
    • Opportunity to work for a dynamic leader
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  • Ethics & Compliance Manager, APAC - Industrial MNC

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    This is a regional leadership role focused on strengthening ethics and compliance frameworks across Southeast Asia and broader APAC markets. You will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders while driving investigations, governance standards, and risk mitigation strategies.

    • Lead regional ethics & compliance across APAC markets
    • Drive investigations, risk frameworks & compliance culture
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  • Deputy MLRO (Payments)

    Singapore
    Permanent

    This Deputy MLRO role sits at the intersection of regulatory compliance, financial crime advisory and AML operations. You will work closely with the Group MLRO, senior leadership and operations teams to interpret regulations, maintain AML/CFT policies, support reporting, conduct gap analysis and turn regulatory obligations into practical guidance.

    • Bridge regulatory advisory and AML operations in a payments fintech
    • Own policy, gap analysis and Deputy MLRO support across payments
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  • General Counsel - Global Leader in Engineering

    Singapore
    Permanent

    Join an ambitious corporate group as General Counsel within Group Corporate Functions. This is your opportunity to lead a talented legal team, influence major strategic decisions, and champion best practices in procurement, IT, and finance.

    • Lead a high-impact legal team.
    • Shape corporate procurement and IT strategy.
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  • AML Specialist (Global Bank)

    Singapore
    Permanent

    The AML Specialist will support the bank on a broad range of AML/CFT matters, including KYC/CDD reviews, high-risk transaction monitoring alerts, EDD clearances, STR support, audit requests, regulatory matters, and policy gap analysis. The role will work closely with business units, operations, Head Office, auditors, and senior compliance stakeholders.

    • Join a regional banking platform in a broad AML/KYC specialist role
    • Support AML/CFT reviews, advisory, and regulatory matters within banking
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  • Compliance Assistant Manager in Fund Management Firm

    Singapore
    Permanent

    Compliance Assistant Manager role in hands on KYC/AML with regulatory compliance responsibilities.

    • Great step up opportunity
    • Competitive salary with AWS and variable bonus
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  • General Counsel - Global Trading & Investment Firm

    Singapore
    Permanent
    Work from Home or Hybrid

    This is a senior leadership role for an experienced legal executive to shape the legal, regulatory, and governance framework of a sophisticated global trading organisation. The role combines strategic advisory, regulatory engagement, and team leadership in a highly dynamic, technology-driven environment.

    • Lead global legal strategy for a fast-growing trading platform
    • Partner directly with founders on governance and risk decisions
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  • General Counsel - Well‑established, International Organisation

    Singapore
    Permanent
    • Senior legal leadership role supporting a complex, international organisation
    • High‑impact exposure to cross‑border transactions, strategic initiatives, and M&A matters
    • Senior legal leadership role supporting a complex, international organisation.
    • Exposure to cross‑border transactions, strategic initiatives, and M&A matters.
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  • Head of Risk & Compliance (Payments)

    Singapore
    Permanent

    This is a rare leadership opportunity to shape and future-proof the risk and compliance function within a rapidly scaling payments fintech business. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory excellence while enabling innovation and business growth.

    • Opportunity to lead enterprise risk & compliance in a recognised payments firm
    • Regional role with direct interaction with senior leadership team
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  • Financial Crime Investigator

    International
    Permanent

    Reporting to the Head of Compliance, this role is responsible for conducting financial crime investigations within the Singapore business. Working across compliance, operations and risk, you will review unusual activity, support regulatory obligations and help identify emerging financial crime risks. You will also collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure risks are identified and managed effectively as the business grows.

    • Join a growing fintech shaping the future of cross-border payments
    • Investigate financial crime risks across a dynamic payments business
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  • KYC Manager (Brokerage)

    International
    Permanent

    Join a growing financial services platform in Singapore as a KYC Manager (Brokerage). This is a hands-on role focused on client onboarding, periodic reviews, KYC controls, and stakeholder management. You will work closely with internal teams to support client lifecycle processes, strengthen quality oversight, and drive process improvements in a fast-paced brokerage-style environment.

    • Lead KYC excellence within a growing brokerage platform in Singapore
    • Drive onboarding and KYC controls for a fast-evolving brokerage business
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  • Financial Crime Compliance, PB (Contract)

    Singapore
    Temporary

    The position supports the AML/KYC leadership in Singapore by reviewing and maintaining due‑diligence standards for existing clients, ensuring alignment with internal policies and global risk frameworks. It also conducts in‑depth KYC/CDD assessments-including Source of Wealth validation, risk analysis, screening reviews, and remediation follow‑ups-to identify and mitigate AML/KYC risks.

    • Gain deep expertise in high‑risk AML/KYC reviews
    • A meaningful role in safeguarding the bank's risk posture
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  • EHS Manager

    Singapore
    Permanent

    The Assistant Manager, EHS oversees environmental, health, and safety programs across Singapore data centres, ensuring full compliance with legal requirements, certifications, and company standards for both operations and projects. The role involves managing audits, incidents, contractors, and safety systems while working closely with project teams to ensure all activities are executed safely and effectively.

    • Data Center owner side
    • Renovation and A&A works with existing DC in Singapore
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LEGAL

If you have the appropriate skills, qualifications and experience to work in the legal field, there’s almost no limit to where a career in legal can take you. A great many men and women have transferred their talents from company to company, trade sector to trade sector and region to region. Anyone who ticks all the right boxes can expect to find a number of tempting possibilities ahead of them.

As you might expect from a bustling trade hub like Singapore, there are hundreds of companies in the region all vying for their share of the market. They utilise the most modern processes, the most innovative professionals and the very latest technologies. And when it comes to the need for legal specialists, they’re prepared to offer high salaries, a very pleasant way of life and extremely impressive working conditions.

A number of tempting roles to choose from

You’ll find a great many roles under the legal umbrella here, including:

  • Head of compliance
  • Legal entity controller
  • Commercial counsel
  • Legal associate
  • Financial lawyer
  • Legal counsel
  • Corporate lawyer
  • Knowledge management lawyer
  • Senior legal counsel
  • Head of legal
  • Conveyancing lawyer
  • Senior tax counsel
  • In-house attorney
  • Paralegal

…and more. These are hugely important roles based in virtually all trade sectors, such as construction, insurance, banking, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, retail, aviation, shipping and more. If you make the switch to a legal job in Singapore, you can expect to be kept busy right from the start. It should also be pointed out, however, that you can also look forward to enjoying the buzz that comes from such an exciting, rewarding career.

Do you have the right qualities for a role in legal?

There are a number of internationally recognised qualifications that will help you achieve your goals in the legal field, including of course a law degree from a suitable university. If you’re looking to work as a legal specialist in the business world, you’ll need to be organised, methodical and have a strong attention to detail. Juggling the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team could also be a big advantage.

The business scene in Singapore is a vibrant and exciting one, and it attracts people from all over the world. There’s a great sense of achievement in the air here, and if you’ve decided to make the switch the first step should involve sending your CV to Michael Page. We’d love to hear from ambitious legal professionals who are looking to take the next step on their career path. And if you want to hear about suitable vacancies at an early stage, be sure to set up a job alert right now.

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