Junior Risk Lawyer - Legal & Risk Team

About the role

A professional services firm is recruiting a Junior Risk Lawyer to join its legal and risk team in Singapore, covering offices across the Asia Pacific region. It is an in-house legal, regulatory and professional-risk role combining ownership of Singapore regulatory processes with regional advisory, governance and risk-management work.

Key responsibilities

• Manage regulatory processes, including professional and entity registrations, renewals, notifications, annual returns and regulatory records.
• Draft and review legal contracts and related documentation, such as engagement terms, supplier and third-party agreements and other internal agreements, focusing on risk identification and management.
• Prepare and submit regulatory applications and filings through the relevant authorities' online portals.
• Monitor regulatory conditions, filing deadlines, licensing requirements and registration status.
• Research regulator and government body requirements and escalate higher-risk matters where appropriate.
• Maintain SOPs and compliance registers, and improve policies, procedures, guidance and templates.
• Support professional indemnity insurance, governance matters, lateral hires, operating-model changes and other APAC regulatory projects.
• Prepare briefings, training and management updates and work with internal and external stakeholders to complete agreed actions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Law with at least 3 years of relevant experience, gained in private practice or an in-house legal/risk environment.
• Lawyers from a litigation or disputes background are welcome, especially those keen to move into a regulatory and risk-focused career.

Required skills

• Ability to interpret legislation, rules and regulatory guidance and turn them into practical requirements.
• Strong drafting, judgement, organisation and stakeholder-management skills.
• A practical approach and willingness to handle both advisory work and detailed regulatory implementation.