Legal Counsel (1 year contract)

Purpose of the Role:

K2 is seeking to engage a Legal Counsel with relevant experience to support K2, its data centre business. The proposed role is for an individual to be hired on a contract basis for 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal support and assessing legal risk in respect of a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters, projects and regulatory, compliance and corporate governance-related issues where relevant, for K2’s global business operations.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal and transactional documentation such as customer colocation service agreements, construction-related contracts, joint venture agreements, leases, project financing documentation, security agreements, consultancy agreements and other general commercial and operational contracts with varying levels of complexity.
• Engaging/liaising with external lawyers where required, and managing associated legal expenditure.
• Formulating, developing and implementing process-oriented improvements and risk/knowledge management initiatives, such as model contracts and clauses, contracting principles/policies, precedent databases, checklists and other tools.
• Overseeing the implementation of critical compliance policies, procedures and training.

Preferred Experience

• Preferably at least 7 to 12 years’ post-qualification experience within the technology, data centre, telecommunications, real estate and construction industry(s) or sector(s), with construction, real estate and/or corporate/M&A experience, from a top-tier law firm or corporate in-house legal department.
• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Proactive and progressive in self-development.