Director & Legal Counsel, Investments

About the role

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) is hiring a Director & Legal Counsel, Investments, based in Singapore. You will provide integrated, strategic and risk-adjusted legal advice across all asset classes in the APAC region, reporting to the Managing Director & Associate General Counsel in the London office. You will work within the Singapore investment counsel team alongside investment professionals and colleagues in tax, compliance, government & public affairs, finance, risk and enterprise legal.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage legal workstreams on assigned transactions across all asset classes in APAC
• Negotiate, structure and execute complex transactions such as M&A, dispositions, joint ventures, fund and minority equity investments, from diligence through closing, asset management and exit
• Advise on regulatory, governance and other legal matters, including merger control, foreign investment regulation, financial regulation, securities laws, investigations and disputes
• Help identify and mitigate legal and reputational risk and support value creation initiatives
• Retain, supervise and manage external legal counsel
• Represent the legal function at investment team meetings and committees, review investment committee materials and support transaction approvals
• Provide strategic legal advice to investors, senior leaders and the Global General Counsel, Investments and the Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
• Support the planning of key initiatives for OTPP and the Corporate Affairs division, monitor legal and regulatory developments and escalate material issues
• Promote knowledge sharing, including legal training for investment professionals, and support general corporate matters in APAC

Required profile

• LLB/JD or equivalent common law degree
• Seven years of post-qualification experience in a leading international law firm and/or in-house role focused on transactional corporate work in APAC
• Proven ability to advise on complex, multi-jurisdictional corporate and regulatory matters and to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent English; business proficiency in an additional Asian language is desirable
• Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Singapore

Required skills

• Excellent commercial judgment and strong critical and strategic thinking
• Negotiating, influencing, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Flexibility, including occasional international travel and work outside normal hours

What we offer

• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage
• A flexible work environment combining in-office collaboration and remote working
• Competitive time off
• A Flexible Travel Program allowing work abroad for up to a month each year

To apply, submit an application online; shortlisted candidates may be asked to complete a pre-recorded digital interview and then a personal interview.