Overview
Specialist, Commercial Contracts Jobs in Bangkok City, Thailand at True Corporation
Title: Specialist, Commercial Contracts
Company: True Corporation
Location: Bangkok City, Thailand
Job purpose
- Lead and own the legal strategy, contracting principles, and risk management framework for commercial contracts, ensuring alignment with business objectives, risk appetite, and corporate governance requirements.
- Act as the lead legal authority on complex commercial transactions, strategic projects, and contractual risk matters.
- Provide strategic legal guidance to senior stakeholders and drive commercially sound decisions that appropriately balance business opportunities and legal risks.
- Ensure True Group companies comply with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.
- Own and continuously improve contract governance frameworks, contracting standards, templates, and legal processes to improve risk management, consistency, and operational efficiency.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and determine appropriate legal responses and guidance for the business.
- Manage external counsel for outsourced legal matters and ensure efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective legal support.
Key responsibilities
Commercial Contract Strategy, Risk Management and Governance
- Lead and oversee the legal review and structuring of complex commercial contracts and strategic transactions.
- Assess legal and commercial risks, determine risk mitigation strategies, and provide practical solutions to protect the company’s interests and support business objectives.
- Accountable for defining legal positions and risk management for complex commercial contracts and strategic transactions.
- Ensure contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.
- Define legal positions and provide legal guidance on contractual, commercial, and legal matters, including determining acceptable legal and commercial risks within governance frameworks.
- Provide strategic legal direction for new projects, products, and services to support business goals.
Legal Advisory and Compliance
- Act as a trusted legal advisor to business units and provide legal advice and practical legal guidance that balances business objectives and legal risks.
- Advise on new products, services, commercial legal models, and transformation initiatives.
- Lead resolution of complex legal issues and contractual disputes.
Strategic Projects and External Counsel Management
- Lead legal strategy and contracting approach for business initiatives, strategic projects, and new products or services.
- Establish legal contracting structure, governance requirements, and risk management to support business objectives and project implementation.
- Collaborate with business and cross-functional teams to align legal strategy, risk positions, and project implementation.
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex contractual matters requiring legal decision.
- Manage and ensure external legal services are delivered efficiently, effectively, and in a cost-effective manner.
Legal Process Improvement and Governance
- Establish and manage legal practice to improve contract efficiency and risk management.
- Own and continuously enhance contract templates, legal playbooks, governance frameworks, and contracting standards.
- Promote knowledge sharing and capability development.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor of Law, or higher
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Problem solving and learner mindset
- Business-oriented and collaborative approach
- Minimum 10 years of experience in commercial contracting, legal advisory, and contract risk management
- Experience in leading complex business transactions, projects, or strategic initiatives
- Experience working as in-house legal counsel, preferably in a multinational company, international business environment, and/or leading law firm
- High level of professional ethics, integrity and responsibilities
- Ability to understand legal terminology and operations
- Ability to pay attention to details and check for accuracy
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure
- Ability to conduct research to find the most recent information about specific regulations or laws
- Ability to judge and analyze situations
- Ability to work with others and independently
- Ability to reword legal concepts into information that individuals without a legal background can understand
- Knowledge on Connected Transaction matter of Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET and SEC)
- Comprehension skills
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and legal technology tools
- Ability to utilize AI tools and legal technology solutions to improve legal research, contract review, document drafting, knowledge management, and overall work efficiency
- Understanding of AI-assisted contract management, document automation, and emerging legal technology trends is an advantage.
