Legal Counsel

Manila City, Metro Manila
Contract
Full-time

12 days ago
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About the clientAs the world's pioneering local delivery platform, their mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. They operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people.Overview: You will support the client's Philippines operations. Your work will cover commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, employment matters, local licensing, data privacy, supplier/vendor agreements, and general legal support to operations and product teams.Responsibilities:

Draft, review and manage merchant/vendor contracts, facility supply agreements, lease/POS agreements
Advise on local regulations (food delivery licensing, data protection, employment, consumer laws)
Support operations and logistics teams with rapid project legal needs
Liaise with external counsel for litigation, regulatory queries
Monitor compliance, manage legal risk on daily operational matters

Experience required

Practicing Philippine-qualified lawyer with 4-7 years' experience
Grounded in operations or corporate commercial legal work; optimistic, hands-on, execution-oriented
Comfortable with fast-paced environment, startup-like energy, flexible on secondment first, then FTE

Key Skills

Commercial contracts and vendor management
Local regulatory, employment, and data privacy knowledge
High-volume work throughput, proactive and reliable
Ability to communicate clearly to non-legal stakeholders, such as operations and business teams

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