Senior Paralegal
Access World Singapore
Access World is a global commodities warehousing and freight forwarding company including logistics business. Active in more than 30 countries, we offer complete logistics, storage and supply chain solutions, tailor-made to our customer requirements for various commodities including metals and minerals, soft commodities, chemicals, renewables, oil & gas, project and general cargo. We are an approved warehouse keeper of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), and we provide warehousing and associated logistics and value-added service to traders, producers, financiers and consumers of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, ferroalloys and minor metals etc. Our worldwide offices and operations span across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe & Middle East, and US. Each region operating in semi-autonomous offices with their own corporate functions including Commercial, Finance, HR, Compliance, Legal, Customer Service, and Operations.
Departamento: Legal & Corporate Compliance
Depende de: Legal & Corporate Compliance Head, Asia Pacific
Purposes of the position
- Provide and manage legal support for Access World businesses and functions in assigned markets in the Asia Pacific region.
- Manage onboarding of new customers and vendors including conducting KYC and sanction searches and reviewing results.
- Manage corporate secretarial matters (e.g. drafting of board resolutions, manage regulatory filings) to ensure corporate secretarial compliance across the Asia Pacific region.
Responsibilities
The individual will support the Legal & Corporate Compliance Head, in administrative and legal matters, in particular with regard to the following:
Manage corporate secretarial matters
- Draft board resolutions.
- Keep track of, and comply with, regulatory filing requirements.
- Keep up-to-date internal records.
Manage onboarding of new customers and vendors
- First cut review of onboarding documentation submitted by counterparties.
- Review results and escalating or requesting for additional information where necessary.
- Preparing KYC/Due Diligence reports for internal records.
Filing and organising legal documents
- Ensuring files are named in line with internal convention to ensure easy retrieval.
- Organising of folders and filing of documents to ensure easy retrieval.
Review of general and administrative agreements
Requisitos específicos para el puesto:
- Esencial
- A university legal degree from a local or an internationally recognized University or a Diploma in Law from local or an internationally recognized institution.
- Between 5 to 10 years’ PQE, with experience either as in-house paralegal or as an assistant in a commercial law department at an established law firm.
- An independent worker, confident and capable of managing internal stakeholders.
- Capaz de manejar información de la empresa con confidencialidad y discreción.
- Capacidad demostrada para trabajar en equipos multifuncionales y multiculturales.
- Independent worker, responsible and self-driven.
- Experience in the logistics sector is preferred.
- Good attention to detail.
- Communication Skills/ Languages
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Mandarin to liaise with Mandarin-speaking counterparts.
- Habilidades interpersonales eficaces.
- Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
Los candidatos interesados deben enviar su currículum vitae por correo electrónico a hr.asia@accessworld.com
