Kerry Consulting is partnering with a Singapore Headquartered organization that is looking to hire a junior legal counsel for their finance legal team. This is an exciting role for a junior counsel with transactional experience to transit into a cohesive and nuturing inhouse legal team.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a range of finance documents, including term sheets, loan and security agreements, swap documentation, and corporate authorities. You will assist with new financing arrangements, and loan drawdowns.

The position also requires close collaboration with internal departments on documentation, insurance, compliance, and corporate secretarial matters, including preparation of know-your-customer (KYC) materials. You will liaise with external stakeholders such as law firms, bankers, ship registries, and other third parties, while maintaining and updating legal files. Strong transaction management skills are essential, as the role includes tracking conditions precedent, managing approvals and payments, and monitoring key deadlines and milestones.

Requirements

In order to be successful in this role, you should be a qualified lawyer ideally with mininium 2 years PQE . You should ideally have some prior experience in financing experience but not necessary, prior transaction management experience will also be helpful for this role. You should also ideally enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

To apply

To apply, please submit your resume or if you have any questions, please reach out to Cynthia Teo at ct@kerryconsulting.com, quoting the job title.

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