Head, Legal & Compliance

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Thailand
Expert/Leader
Renewable Energy
The Role
The Head of Legal & Compliance will lead the legal team to provide comprehensive legal support across various departments, ensuring compliance with laws, drafting contracts, and advising on regulatory matters in the clean energy sector. Responsibilities include conducting legal research, supporting M&A transactions, developing internal policies, and training employees on legal topics.
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Changing how we live today
to help secure our future.

Join us at Gentari to be part of this exciting, purposeful journey towards a cleaner energy future.

Gentarians are passionate about sustainability - our purpose is to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable energy needs. Here at Gentari, we move differently. Teams seek out opportunities to work with one another to achieve shared goals and we trust our people with the freedom and autonomy in ways of working to spur innovative thinking and creativity. We aim to keep good people at the heart of what we do by ensuring that our people feel empowered to chart career paths alongside personal growth. Beyond the promise of an open and flexible work environment, we hope to make Gentari feel like a second home, a place where everyone is valued, and differences are celebrated.



We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Head of Legal & Compliance to join our in-house legal team. The successful candidate will be based in Bangkok, Thailand to provide comprehensive legal support across various departments, ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations, and mitigating legal risks for our business in Green Mobility.


Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough legal research and analysis on various legal issues, including corporate, commercial, employment, and intellectual property law;
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements, including but not limited to NDAs, service agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Shareholders Agreement, Co-Development Agreements and vendor contracts;
  • Ensure the company’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including data protection and privacy laws;
  • Assist with current ongoing Mergers and Acquisition projects which includes review and drafting of various transaction documents, liaising with internal stakeholders and external counsel;
  • Develop and update internal policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and best practices. Work with the team in headquarters to adopt the relevant policies and procedures;
  • Provide legal advice and support to various departments on a wide range of legal issues which includes contractual and regulatory matters;
  • Conduct training sessions for employees on legal topics, such as compliance, data protection, and contract management;
  • Assist in engagement with regulators for license applications and approvals to ensure the business is fully compliant with local laws.


Requirements

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from an accredited law school;
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in legal role in transportation and/or clean energy sector;
  • Strong analytical and research skills, complemented by keen attention to detail and exceptional organizational abilities;
  • Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and remain solution-oriented;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in Thai and English;
  • Proficiency in legal research tools and Microsoft Office Suite;
  • Strong contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating skills;
  • Exhibits high ethical standards and unwavering integrity;
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with different departments;
  • Proactive, self-motivated, and responsible, with the ability to work independently without needing micromanagement.




For talent pipelining purpose, due to the heavy traffic of CVs, only qualified candidates will be notified.


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Putting Clean Energy Into Action

The Company
Kuala Lumpur,, Kuala Lumpur
277 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

ur purpose is to solve the world’s most pressing sustainable energy needs, to change how we live today and to help secure our future.

Gentari is a clean energy solutions company, wholly owned by PETRONAS, tasked to independently pursue and deliver integrated sustainable energy solutions. We offer lower carbon solutions through three initial core pillars – Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Green Mobility, forming a portfolio of solutions cutting across the electron value chain to help customers achieve net zero emissions.

We, the Gentarians, are a collaborative and innovative bunch of socially responsible people focused on putting clean energy into action by solving the needs of our commercial, industrial, and retail customers. We dream big, and we set even bigger goals;

- To build an overall renewable energy capacity of 30-40 GW of installed capacity in key markets through utility-scale projects across solar, onshore and offshore wind, and battery storage by 2030
- To offer cost-competitive low carbon hydrogen solutions with an aspiration to produce up to 1.2 MTPA of clean hydrogen by 2030
- To support the EV ecosystem by capturing more than 10% of the Charging Points and Vehicle-as-a-Service market share across key countries in Asia Pacific by 2030

Launched in September 2022, we are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit to build Gentari into a full suite net zero solutions provider, creating greater value, connecting businesses, and making the journey to net zero simpler.

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