Associate Legal Counsel, APAC

Full Time
8 months ago

Who we are

  • We are a global AdTech company with over 1200 employees across 30 countries with over 100 different nationalities 
  • Competing against the biggest global tech companies 
  • Inventor of the InRead Video 
  • Partner with the biggest global media agencies and brands 
  • Global partnerships with premium publishers

What you can expect in this role

  • Exposure to a wide range of complex business and legal issues across Asia Pacific which will require your active involvement and direct input. 
  • Join a highly supportive global legal team with frequent knowledge exchange on global and regional issues.
  • Strong collaboration with Teadsters at all levels as you work in tandem with teams from various regional and global departments to grow the Asia Pacific business together.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Legal, APAC based in Singapore, you will play a crucial role in supporting our legal operations across the Asia-Pacific region. You will be involved in a wide range of legal matters, including commercial and operational contracts, advertising, privacy, technology and compliance issues. This role requires a proactive, solution-oriented individual who can effectively manage multiple tasks across different timezones in a fast-paced environment. 

  • Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of commercial agreements including master services agreements, license agreements, vendor agreements, partnership agreements and data processing agreements. 
  • Provide legal advice and support to cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues, compliance matters and applicable legal and privacy terms and negotiation strategies.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of our legal processes, policies, templates, and practices, and related training, including but not limited to anti-corruption, data privacy, and intellectual property.
  • Collaborate with and support the business teams by providing clear, practical legal guidance on legal risks, business strategies, and other matters. 
  • Manage and liaise with external counsel across the APAC region as needed to ensure comprehensive legal coverage and support for Teads’ operations.  
  • Keep abreast of relevant laws and regulations affecting the industry in the APAC region, and provide timely updates and training to internal teams.

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • LLB or JD qualifications from a reputable Singapore, Malaysia, Australian or UK university, and admitted to the bar in at least one legal jurisdiction.
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant in-house legal and privacy experience at a regional or global technology company, particularly in commercial and technology transactions. Previous or current in-house experience in one or more of the following industries is required: software, PaaS, SaaS, ICT or data-related services.
  • Familiarity with application of data privacy regulations to technology-related transactions in Asia Pacific.
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications

  • In-house experience in the media and advertising industry is ideal. 
  • Knowledge and experience in some or all of the following: advertising regulations, information technology, corporate and finance law, corporate governance and compliance and/or intellectual property.
  • Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to drill into complex legal issues and make value-adding recommendations to senior management.
  • Adaptable, and a master at prioritizing and time management.
  • Natural collaborator and a team player.
  • Proficiency in another language (written and spoken) within Asia Pacific.

About Teads  

Teads operates a leading, cloud-based, omnichannel platform that enables programmatic digital advertising across a global ecosystem of quality digital media. As an end-to-end solution, Teads’ modular platform allows partners to leverage buy-side, sell-side, creative, data and AI optimization technologies. 

For advertisers and their agencies, Teads offers a single access point to buy the inventory of many of the world’s best publishers and content providers. Through exclusive global media partnerships, Teads enables advertisers and agencies to reach billions of unique monthly users in brand safe, responsible advertising environments, while improving the effectiveness and efficiency of digital ad transactions.

Teads partners with the leading marketers, agencies, and publishers through a team of 1,200+ people in 50 offices across more than 30 countries. For more information, visit: www.teads.com

We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, and represents employees across a variety of skill sets. We embrace contributions from all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations and gender identities.

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