Group Legal Advisor (Digital Media & Commercial)
ConnectedGroup
Posted 7 days ago
Key Responsibilities
- Commercial & Content Contracting: Draft, review, and negotiate a broad spectrum of commercial agreements covering content acquisition, production, distribution, advertising, subscriptions, and IP development.
- Strategic & Regulatory Advisory: Deliver proactive legal and regulatory advice to enable expansion into existing and emerging markets across Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
- Corporate & M&A Initiatives: Support corporate transactions, strategic joint ventures, and M&A matters alongside the Senior Group Legal Adviser.
- Dispute & Risk Management: Oversee contentious legal issues, regulatory inquiries, and risk mitigation strategies relating to the media business.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Interact independently with senior management, business unit leaders, external legal counsel, and government authorities.
Candidate Profile
- Education & Qualification: Qualified lawyer with 4+ years of relevant post-qualification experience (PQE) from an internationally recognized jurisdiction and/or top-tier in-house corporate team.
- Industry Expertise: Proven legal track record supporting media, digital platforms, content licensing, or technology sectors across Southeast Asia and/or the Middle East.
- Technical Skills: Exceptional commercial drafting, negotiation, multi-tasking, and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.
- Languages: Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin)
- Interpersonal Fit: Highly mature, self-driven, and collaborative with strong commercial acumen and the ability to build rapport across diverse business units.
About ConnectedGroup
With offices in Asia and the Middle East we are well placed to service two of the fastest growing regions in the world and our consultative and client driven approach has positioned us as a partner of choice for companies across a diverse range of industries.
Our mission is "to be remembered for exceeding expectations" which drives us to deliver outstanding levels of service whilst being realistic about our capabilities on each and every assignment. We recruit and measure our employees against the values of being Candid, Creative and Connected which drives our open and transparent culture whilst encouraging new ideas and focuses us on internal communications that leverage greater market penetration.
At ConnectedGroup values such as 'respect', 'integrity' and 'professionalism' are not aspirational, they are prerequisite.