Legal Counsel (Contracts & Commercial)

To provide comprehensive legal and commercial advice and support in relation to the operations, projects, and programs of the Company and its subsidiaries. The role is responsible for protecting the Company’s legal rights and commercial interests, managing contractual rights and obligations, identifying and mitigating legal and commercial risks, and ensuring effective contract management throughout the entire contract lifecycle, including negotiation, execution, implementation, amendment, and termination. 1. Contract and Commercial Transaction Management • Represent and protect the Company’s interests during contract negotiations and commercial transactions by providing sound legal and commercial advice. • Lead or participate in contract negotiations with counterparties to achieve commercially favorable terms while safeguarding the Company’s legal and business interests. • Draft, review, analyze, and negotiate contracts and related legal documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency with applicable laws, internal policies, and commercial objectives. • Evaluate contractual terms and conditions, including rights and obligations, liabilities, payment terms, warranties, indemnities, damages, dispute resolution mechanisms, and termination provisions, from both legal and commercial perspectives. • Identify, assess, and mitigate legal, contractual, and commercial risks by developing appropriate risk management strategies and recommending practical solutions. • Monitor contract implementation and provide legal advice on the interpretation and fulfillment of contractual obligations, including the management of variations, extensions, amendments, and claims. • Support the identification, assessment, and resolution of contractual disputes, breaches, claims, and other issues arising from commercial relationships. • Maintain and update contract records, contractual obligations, key milestones, deadlines, claims, and associated risk information in accordance with the Company’s document management requirements. • Provide timely reports and recommendations to management regarding material contractual risks, commercial issues, potential liabilities, and matters requiring management decisions or approval. • Provide legal and commercial guidance to project teams and relevant departments, including Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and other business functions, to support informed decision-making and effective contract execution. • Ensure the proper protection of the Company’s contractual rights, confidential information, intellectual property, and other legitimate business interests. • Coordinate with foreign law firms, external legal counsel, and specialist consultants, as required, on cross-border transactions, international contracts, and matters involving foreign jurisdictions. 2. Legal Services for Subsidiaries and Group Companies • Provide legal services and advice to assigned subsidiaries, affiliates, and other Group companies in accordance with applicable service agreements, approved scopes of work, and internal procedures. • Review, prioritize, and manage legal service requests based on risk exposure, business impact, urgency, complexity, and applicable deadlines. • Maintain records of legal service requests, including the responsible lawyer, scope of work, expected completion date, time spent, deliverables, and outcomes, and provide periodic reports in accordance with agreed reporting requirements. • Ensure that legal services are delivered in a manner that respects the separate legal personality and interests of each assigned entity, including its governance requirements, decision-making authority, and applicable approval procedures. • Verify that appropriate authorizations and approvals have been obtained from the relevant governing bodies or authorized representatives before proceeding with matters requiring such approval. • Maintain strict confidentiality and comply with applicable legal professional privilege requirements, data protection obligations, and internal information security policies. • Identify and manage potential conflicts of interest before commencing legal services and escalate or resolve such conflicts in accordance with applicable legal and internal requirements. 3. Scope of Functions and Legal Cooperation • Collaborate with other Company lawyers on matters involving multiple areas of law, interdependent legal issues, or matters requiring a consolidated legal assessment or unified legal opinion. • Upon receipt of a legal service request, coordinate with the relevant lawyers to determine the lead counsel, supporting roles, allocation of responsibilities, work schedules, and expected deliverables, taking into account the nature and complexity of the matter, risk level, required expertise, workload, and deadlines. • Lead legal matters relating to corporate governance, corporate authorizations, dispute resolution, and the fulfillment of legal service obligations under applicable service agreements. • Provide legal advice and opinions on other matters within the scope of the position, in coordination with relevant legal colleagues and business functions, as required. • Ensure effective coordination among lawyers by preventing duplication of work, maintaining a single authoritative version of legal documents, facilitating timely information sharing, aligning legal positions, and delivering consistent and consolidated legal advice. • Communicate material legal risks, potential liabilities, urgent contractual issues, and other matters requiring immediate attention to the appropriate management level, regardless of the allocation of responsibilities among lawyers. • Ensure that legal advice is practical, commercially sound, risk-based, and aligned with the Company’s strategic objectives, governance framework, and applicable legal requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in law or a related field; a postgraduate qualification in Law, Business Administration, or a relevant discipline is an advantage. • At least five (5) years of relevant professional experience in contract law, commercial law, contract management, or a comparable legal role. • Demonstrated experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts throughout the contract lifecycle. • Experience with international contracts, EPC/EPCM agreements, international trade, procurement, and complex commercial transactions is preferred. • Experience working with external legal counsel and advising multiple business units or group companies is an advantage. • Strong knowledge of contract law, commercial law, and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. • Proven ability to draft, review, interpret, and negotiate complex contracts and related legal documentation.

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