Senior Legal Counsel

Cygnify
SG
Remote

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Product Advisory

  • Lead negotiation and structuring of complex commercial agreements, including:
  • Enterprise customer contracts
  • SaaS / platform agreements
  • Strategic partnerships and channel arrangements
  • Partner with Product and Technology teams on new product launches, including:
  • Digital services
  • Platform integrations
  • AI / data-driven offerings
  • Provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice on risk allocation, pricing models, and go-to-market strategy

Regulatory & Telco / Platform Environment

  • Advise on regulatory frameworks relevant to telecoms, digital services and platform businesses across APAC
  • Support engagement with regulators and external counsel where required
  • Provide guidance on:
  • Data protection / cross-border data flows
  • Licensing / communications regulations
  • Consumer and digital services compliance

Strategic & Corporate Projects

  • Support strategic initiatives, including:
  • Partnerships and joint ventures
  • Market entry and expansion
  • Vendor/platform integrations
  • Assist on corporate and transactional matters, including:
  • M&A support and due diligence
  • Structuring and execution of strategic investments
  • Work closely with Finance and leadership on risk, governance and structuring issues

Disputes, Risk & Governance

  • Oversee and manage disputes and contentious matters, working with external counsel as needed
  • Identify and mitigate key legal and operational risks across the business
  • Contribute to development of internal frameworks, policies and governance processes

Legal Function Development

  • Help build and scale a high-performing, business-aligned legal function
  • Develop templates, playbooks and processes to improve speed and consistency of execution
  • Mentor junior team members and contribute to overall team capability

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years and maximum 15 years Post Qualification Experience

(PQE)

  • Combination of top-tier private practice and in-house experience, or

strong in-house track record

  • Experience in one or more of:

-Telecoms / connectivity / network businesses

-SaaS / platform / digital services companies

-Fintech / payments / regulated tech environments

  • Strong track record in complex commercial contracting and negotiations
  • Experience advising on product, technology or platform-led businesses
  • Exposure to multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments
  • Familiarity with corporate / transactional work (M&A, JVs, investments)
  • Must hold a Singapore citizenship or Singapore PR

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Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

Commercial agreementsSaasPlatform agreementsRegulatory frameworksData protectionLicensingCommunications regulationsConsumer and digital services complianceCorporate transactional workM&aJvsInvestmentsPragmaticCommercially groundedRisk allocationPricing modelsGo-to-market strategyMulti-jurisdictional regulatory environmentsCorporate governanceDisputes managementLegal and operational risksInternal frameworksPoliciesGovernance processesMentorshipTelecomsDigital servicesPlatform businessesFintechPaymentsRegulated tech environments

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

Senior

Posted

4/22/2026

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