Country Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Hitachi Full time

**Location**:
Petaling Jaya, Selangor,Malaysia

**Job ID**:
R0100266

**Date Posted**:
2025-08-01

**Company Name**:
HITACHI ENERGY MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.

**Profession (Job Category)**:
Legal, Compliance & Audit

**Job Schedule**:
Full time

**Remote**:
No

**The opportunity**:
At Hitachi Energy, we are advancing a sustainable energy future for all. As a global leader in power and automation technologies, we deliver innovative solutions across the entire energy value chain—from generation and transmission to distribution. Our technologies enhance the safety, reliability, and efficiency of power networks while minimizing environmental impact. We are at the forefront of transformative developments in ultra-high-voltage transmission, battery energy storage, and smart grid solutions. We are now seeking a Legal Counsel to join our dynamic team in Malaysia, supporting our operations across Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects in a fast-paced, international environment.

**How you’ll make an impact**:

- You will provide strategic, commercially focused legal advice to support business operations and ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- You will advise on a wide range of legal matters including contracts, tenders, corporate governance, and risk management.
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the region and globally to ensure legal alignment with business objectives.
- You will ensure good corporate governance and adherence to integrity in the country including integrity training and ongoing monitoring of relevant policies.
- You will be providing legal support on ancillary matters including but not limited to data protection, intellectual property, insurance, M&A, trade finance and company secretarial matters, monitoring legal affairs of the business within the country, including litigation case management and co-ordination with external counsel.
- You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

**Your background**:

- A qualified lawyer with minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in the energy, infra-structure, or technology sectors.
- Strong experience in contract negotiation, project development, and regulatory compliance.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a global matrix organization.

**More about us**:

- Employer-sponsored medical plan (inc. dental care)
- Employer provident fund (EPF) - employer and employee
- Group Term Life insurance, Group Personal Accident insurance, Group Business Travel insurance
- Hospitalization Insurance
- Leave programs (Annual leave, medical leave, Hospitalization leave, Exam leave etc.)

We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

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