Corporate Counsel

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We are looking for a Corporate Counsel - South East Asia.

Your primary duty is to support the General Counsel - of South East Asia on all legal and compliance matters in the South East Asia region, focusing on Indonesia. This role involves direct interaction with internal clients and external parties such as clients, vendors, and other third parties. You’ll identify and manage risk exposures and deliver proactive, effective, and strategic advice for our operations in South East Asia.

You’ll be essential in advising on, drafting, and negotiating contracts associated with the firm’s business lines, including assisting with tender responses. You’ll also be reporting on the legal and regulatory systems of Indonesia and ensuring that we comply with relevant legal and ethical obligations.

Contributing to the team’s strategic direction
Your role involves providing support to each of the firm’s business interests and commercial objectives. You’ll assist in the firm’s global legal, compliance, and special projects, including entity set-up, M&A, and joint ventures. You’ll also be assisting with developing processes and procedures to identify and manage legal risks, including training and handling ethics and compliance issues. In addition, you’ll be responsible for handling disputes, including HR issues and litigation management.

Other areas of legal work will include general corporate, commercial and regulatory work, focusing on the issues associated with the property services industry.

Sound like you? To apply, you need to be
Educated and experienced - hold a law degree from a recognized law school with 8-12+ years post-admission experience in private practice or an in-house position. It would be great if you have experience working in an MNC and fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia.

A people person can build solid relationships and engage with a broad range of stakeholders with diverse skill sets and personalities. You also have good communication skills.

Capable - You’re commercially savvy, with a highly responsive, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset. You can effectively juggle priorities to meet timeframes and deadlines set by the business. You’re also able to work independently as well as in a team.

Curiosity - Ability to understand and explain the real estate industry and its future growth areas. Be part of a digital transformation of the legal and real estate sector.

What you can expect from us
We succeed together and believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together, and celebrating our success.

We commit to help you achieve your career ambitions, recognize your contributions, invest in your well-being, and provide competitive benefits and pay.

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:
JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.

About JLL
- We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.