APAC Legal Counsel (3671)

at  GBG

ABOUT GBG

GBG is the leading expert in global digital identity. We combine our powerful technology, the most accurate data coverage and our talented team to deliver award-winning location intelligence, identity verification and fraud prevention solutions.
With over 30 years’ experience, we bring together a team of over 1,250 dedicated experts with local industry insight from around the world to make it easy for businesses to identify and verify customers and locations, protecting everyone, everywhere from fraud.

Why you should be@GBG

• We make the world a safer place
• We trust each other and win together
• We are local experts in a global business
• We want you to be yourself
• We grow when you grow

REQUIREMENTS

• A lawyer (4+ Years post qualification) with prior experience advising on APAC cross-border issues
• Commercial contracts and privacy expertise, preferably gained in a technology or data-centric business in the APAC region
• A lawyer with a private practice background moving in-house
• Ability to spot key risks, analyse and assess risk, and provide actionable recommendations
• Work autonomously and collaboratively, excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels

THE ROLE

You will act as a legal counsel covering GBG’s APAC region, providing advice on commercial contracts, new partners, products, services & jurisdictions, reporting into our APAC Principal Legal Counsel

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Negotiating high-value, complex, and often multi-jurisdictional contracts with GBG’s APAC customers, partners, and suppliers
• Providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice on contractual matters, general corporate matters, new products, services, technology, and entry into new APAC markets
• Building deep business partnering relationships with a broad group of GBG team members in multiple countries
• Working collaboratively with your Global Privacy, Legal, Risk, and Regulation team members to ensure that your legal advice appropriately reflects regulatory requirements and GBG’s risk appetite
• Monitoring and tracking new legal and regulatory risks in the APAC region
• Seeking advice from external counsel (if necessary)