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[This role can be based in Australia or Singapore. If you are submitting your application through this job post, you are applying for the role in Australia. If you are applying for the role in Singapore, submit your application through this job post instead. The two job postings have different privacy consent.]

The Community You Will Join: 

Airbnb’s Legal team embodies the company’s innovative, forward-thinking spirit. At the frontier of the sharing economy, Airbnb is breaking new ground in matters of policy, law, and government relations. Where some see obstacles, we see the opportunity to find creative, practical solutions, right at the cutting edge. Our adventurous, fast-moving legal team is committed to building a team of talented, collaborative and self-motivated legal professionals across the globe who believe in Airbnb’s mission and leading as a 21st century company.  

The Difference You Will Make:

We are in search of a Legal Counsel to cover Commercial, Corporate Governance and Legal Operations work across Asia-Pacific (APAC). This role reports to the Associate General Counsel, APAC, and serves as legal partner to many other teams outside Legal. Collaboration will be a key attribute as this role will work very closely with the other members of the organisation both in the region and globally. 

A Typical Day:

• Advise on, draft and negotiate commercial contracts and documents for the APAC region. 
• Provide corporate governance advice and be responsible for managing day-to-day company secretarial compliances for entities in the APAC region (Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) - including working with our company secretarial firms and internal stakeholders in relation to meeting management and documentation, board resolutions, statutory filings, managing deadlines to ensure corporate compliance under applicable corporate laws and implementing good governance practices. 
• Deliver clear, effective and practical legal advice to the various business functions.
• Be adept in making sensible legal risk assessments which consider practical solutions to mitigate legal risk whilst keeping business priorities at the forefront. 
• Effectively collaborate with regional and global colleagues to (i) provide globally aligned legal advice that appropriately balances domestic and global perspectives and needs; and (ii) participate in global workstreams. 
• Help design, implement and iterate legal team processes to keep up a high level of efficiency.
• Active championship of Airbnb’s mission, ethics and integrity.
• Support for Airbnb’s commitment to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace, free of discrimination and harassment.

Your Expertise:

• Possesses a bachelor of law or its equivalent, and has qualified to practice in a major jurisdiction. 
• Fluency (reading/writing/speaking) in English is essential.
• At least 6 years’ post-qualification experience, including ideally some corporate commercial experience in practice as well as in-house and prior experience in areas such as commercial contracts and corporate governance. 
• Exceptional ability to draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Consistently delivers creative, thoughtful and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
• Ability to spot key risks, analyse and practically assess risk, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Flexibility and willingness to work with all levels of the organisation, and to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change.
• Highly collaborative with excellent communication and listening skills.
• Organised, detail-oriented and methodical, and able to effectively manage projects, deadlines, audits and investigations, and crafting workflows, protocols and processes. 
• Self-starter, driven and able to work autonomously while prioritising competing tasks in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
• Empathetic, caring and humble.
• Entrepreneurial and business-orientated.
• Adaptable individual possessing high integrity, excellent judgment, a sense of humour and a love for fun and adventure. 
• International travel may be required.