HOTEL BRAND:

Location: Singapore, Singapore
Hotel: Corp Singapore, 230 Victoria Street, #13-00 Bugis Junction Towers, 188024, 188024
Job number: 144472
We are seeking a highly motivated Legal Intern to join our dynamic legal team, supporting the Regional General Counsel and a team of experienced lawyers based in Singapore and Sydney. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a regional legal environment, providing support to the Southeast Asia & Korea (SEAK) and Japan & Australasia (JAPAC) business units. The successful candidate will assist with a variety of legal tasks, including research, contract reviews, and administrative duties, while gaining valuable exposure to international business operations and cross-border legal issues. This role is ideal for a law student with a keen interest in corporate and commercial law, looking to develop practical skills and contribute to a collaborative and fast-paced team.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Supporting the Legal Team
• Support IHG’s team of lawyers and paralegals across matters of a typical in-house legal function, including drafting, reviewing contracts, correspondences and tracking matters
• Support legal and matter administration including using systems, MS Teams sites and other technology tools used by the global legal, compliance and risk management teams
• Undertake legal research, drafting legal memos, legal updates, creating training materials and support knowledge management for the legal function
• Assist on company secretarial matters, including drafting minutes, board resolutions and other papers
• Assist the General Counsel and team to prepare any training slides, presentations and execution of any productions needs required during any legal meetings, events and industry conferences, from sourcing venues and suppliers to producing and ordering collaterals, printing materials
• Coordinate any law firm and other legal service provider engagement, procurement and invoicing processes including supplier creations, purchase orders and processing invoices

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCES

Education: Law undergraduate in university in Singapore, United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, or undertaking legal studies or law diploma in a local polytechnic or any external law degree qualification

Experience: Any working experience will be preferable but not necessary

• TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:Desire to learn and be challenged to learn new skills
• Sense of curiosity and conscientious with an eye for details
• Proactive and works with a sense of purpose and urgency
• Ability to work on projects independently
• Confidence in generating new ideas or ways to approach work assigned
• Good project management skills, detail oriented and communicates progress
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and a Team Player
• Good proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word applications, and generally tech savvy

WHO WE ARE

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

To support the regional General Counsel and a team of lawyers based in Singapore and Sydney, who all support the Southeast Asia & Korea (SEAK) and Japan & Australasia (JAPAC) business units.