Legal & Compliance Counsel – APAC

About the role

applike group is hiring its first legal hire in APAC, based in its Singapore office and joining the international Legal team reporting to the General Counsel in Hamburg. You will own day-to-day legal and compliance matters across the region, with an experienced General Counsel as a partner and close collaboration with European colleagues on shared standards, templates and cross-border transactions.

Key responsibilities

• Legal (80%): act as the first point of contact for APAC legal matters, partnering with the General Counsel, the Global Legal team and APAC commercial teams.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements (advertising, publishing, SDK, licensing, partnerships, reselling, services, vendors, NDAs) and support negotiations from redline to signature.
• Advise on APAC data protection laws (Singapore PDPA, Japan APPI, South Korea PIPA, India DPDP Act, Australia Privacy Act, China PIPL), draft and negotiate DPAs and support cross-border data transfers.
• Advise on advertising and consumer protection laws relevant to adtech and mobile apps, including disclosure requirements, rewards and app store policies.
• Support the General Counsel on regional disputes, pre-litigation matters and regulatory inquiries, and monitor legal and regulatory developments across APAC.
• Compliance (20%): help roll out the group's compliance framework (code of conduct, policies and procedures), advise on anti-bribery, sanctions and export controls, run risk-based due diligence and KYC checks on partners and vendors.
• Deliver compliance training, act as the regional compliance point of contact, support investigations and whistleblowing cases, and support group-wide initiatives such as AI governance.

Required profile

• Qualified lawyer admitted in Singapore or another common law jurisdiction, with around 3-6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience, ideally in tech, adtech, mobile apps or SaaS; Singapore qualification is a plus.
• Strong commercial contracting and negotiation skills, with experience managing agreements with counterparties.
• Good understanding of IP, particularly software licensing, trademarks and open source; advertising, consumer protection or marketing law exposure is a plus.
• Excellent written and spoken English; Mandarin, Japanese, Korean or another regional language is a plus.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of APAC data protection laws; GDPR exposure is a plus.
• Familiarity with anti-bribery, sanctions and third-party due diligence is advantageous.
• Ability to manage matters independently while collaborating with a lean, international team across time zones.