Senior Counsel / Legal Director - Transactions (Real Estate/M&A)

Our client is a market leader for Real Estate in Asia, operating across both residential and commercial markets. As part of a growth strategy, this newly created role will support transactions teams on a variety of deal work. The role reports into one of the top GCs in Asia. Focus of Work • Transactions: 75% • Strategic Growth & Projects: 25% Role • This is a strategic / critical role to support business teams across a variety of transactions that include M&A, Investments and Commercial deals. • As a hands on leader, you will structure, negotiate and support closing phases with all relevant legal support. • You will navigate and influence senor stakeholders to ensure local and regional strategic outcomes align with group strategy, this will be closely aligned with the Chief Legal Officers input. • You will support key business units with regulatory and compliance led matters (regionally). • As a leader the role will offer ownership and autonomy across the region, as well as a chance to develop into a key people leader. Requirements • 12 - 20 PQE • Looking for lawyers with tier 1 law firm training and relevant in-house experience • You will possess strong M&A experience and commercial deal closure, ideally across Real Estate based work • Your communication skillset will encompass local, regional and international stakeholders • Stable CVs, driven mentality and excited to take on a challenging role are all expected SD Legal was established in 2018 and now with physical office locations across Europe and Asia. To date we have successfully closed over 200+ mandates across the globe, locations include the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Middle East and APAC regions. For more information please visit www.sdlegal-global.com