Senior Legal Counsel

The NETS Group is a leading payments services group, enabling digital payments for merchants, consumers and banks across the entire payments value chain. 
 

The Group operates Singapore’s national debit scheme enabling customers of DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and UOB to make payments using their ATM cards or mobile devices at more than 130,000 acceptance points in the country as well as online payments.

We are seeking an experienced and dependable Senior Legal Counsel to support both the legal and corporate secretarial functions of the NETS Group entities, while also serving as a cover for the Group General Counsel, where appropriate.

This is a multi-faceted role that requires a strong legal foundation, sound judgment, and the ability to manage a range of legal, regulatory, and governance issues in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

This role sits within the Legal and Secretariat Division and reports to the Group General Counsel.

Legal Function

• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, MOUs, vendor contracts, service agreements, marketing materials, partnership agreements, software, project, license, maintenance and other related agreements.
• Advise internal stakeholders on legal risks, contractual matters, regulatory compliance, and legal obligations under applicable laws, in particular, those relevant to financial services or payment services such as the Payment Services Act and related regulations.
• Support licensing and regulatory submissions to authorities (e.g., MAS), where necessary.
• Assist in managing disputes, litigation, or regulatory inquiries where necessary.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments, assess implications, and update internal policies and templates accordingly.
• Liaise with and manage external counsel when required.
• Carry out research and provide accurate and prompt legal advice to business units.
• Provide legal training and updates on new laws and regulations in accordance with business needs

Secretariat Function

• Support the Group General Counsel in general corporate secretarial matters such as preparation and coordination of Board meetings, collating meeting materials, and tracking action items.
• Drafting of shareholders’ resolutions, board resolutions, meeting minutes, and related documentation.
• Support the company’s internal governance processes, including maintaining terms of reference, internal policies, and entity management matters.

Requirements

• Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Singapore qualified lawyer with 7 to 12 years of post-qualification experience.
• In-house experience in the technology and/or payment services sector will be preferred but not mandatory.
• Prior corporate secretariat experience is not required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusted relationships with different stakeholders across all levels.
• Proactive, self-motivated and comfortable making decisions and managing matters independently.
• Resourceful and fast learner with the ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment.

Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Pte Ltd.