Company Overview: cbs APAC is a leading international consultancy headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. We deliver high-end quality consulting and technology services to large industrial corporations that run SAP. For more information about our company, please visit our website at cbs APAC.
Job Overview: We are currently looking for an experienced Legal Counsel (3-5 years of experiences) to join our legal team for APAC region.
Position: Legal Counsel
Employment type: Contract (8 months)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key responsibilities:
Commercial Contracting & Negotiation
Review, draft, negotiate and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including Services Agreements, Statements of Work (SOW), Software and Cloud Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Subcontractor Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Vendor and Supplier Terms & etc.
Lead negotiations with customers, vendors, partners and external counsel where required.
Assess contractual risks and provide practical, business-oriented recommendations.
Draft and maintain legal templates, fallback provisions and negotiation guidance.
Tender, Procurement & Bid Support
Support regional tender activities including RFP, RFQ and RFI reviews.
Identify legal, commercial and compliance risks in procurement documentation.
Review customer contractual requirements and propose appropriate deviations.
Support contract structuring and risk mitigation during bid and proposal stages.
Provide legal guidance for vendor registrations, customer onboarding requirements and qualification processes.
Legal Advisory
Provide day-to-day legal advice to stakeholders across APAC.
Support management in addressing complex legal and commercial matters.
Assess legal and operational risks for high‑value or strategic deals, ensuring compliance with internal policies and approval requirements.
Support incident management by advising on contractual rights, obligations, potential exposure, and risk mitigation strategies.
Key requirements:
Qualified lawyer with a recognized law degree and admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction.
3 to 5+ years of post‑qualification experience, ideally gained in‑house or with strong commercial exposure.
Proven experience supporting multi‑jurisdictional or APAC businesses.
Strong background in commercial contracting, including customer, partner, procurement, software, and professional services agreements.
Fluency in English (written and spoken); Chinese language capability is an advantage.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels.
A pragmatic, solutions‑oriented mindset with strong risk‑based judgment.
Ability to work independently, manage priorities effectively, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment.
WE: That's us
A great team of passionate consultants
Strong personalities that are fair, open, and respectful to each other
Attractive and competitive salary and package
A company that continuously spends more than 6% of its revenue in the education of its employees
Interested in sharing the ONE passion?
We’d love to hear from you! Don’t hesitate to contact us by phone, email, or LinkedIn. We look forward to receiving your application documents, which should include your résumé (along with project descriptions), salary expectations, and references (if available). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Skills Required
- Recognized law degree and admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction
- 3 to 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience
- Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional or APAC businesses
- Strong background in commercial contracting (services, SOW, software, cloud, NDAs, vendor/subcontractor agreements)
- Experience in-house or strong commercial exposure
- Fluency in English, written and spoken
- Chinese language capability
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence across functions and seniority
- Pragmatic, solutions-oriented mindset with strong risk-based judgment
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
What We Do
Consulting excellence for world market leaders – this is what cbs stands for. We advise the world’s most amazing companies: renowned, highly innovative customers and hidden champions of the international manufacturing, pharma, life science, chemical, and automotive industry. We share the drive, the values, and the culture. As a development platform for highly skilled and dedicated consultants, we aim to be the best, most innovative and reliable partner for our clients in our market. With experience from more than 5,000 international projects and 30 years of market presence, we are the hidden champion for global and digital end-to-end business process solutions. 70 percent of the world market leaders of European origin trust us. We are their partner at eye level and global supplier of their corporate business solutions based on SAP software and cloud technology. cbs reached revenue of €277 mio. in 2024. Since 2009, revenue has quadrupled. Lasting customer relationships have been the foundation of the company’s success. More than 350 high-profile companies place their trust in cbs. With cbs Enterprise Transformer® for SAP S/4HANA®, cbs offers an innovative software for transitioning to the new world of SAP. As part of the Materna Group cbs draws on more than 1,700 employees at 40 locations – with its headquarters in Heidelberg, its offices in Germany, and international offices (Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Finland, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan, India, Australia). Through its global consulting organization, its subsidiary leogistics, the manufacturing specialist Trebing + Himstedt, the human experience management consultant projekt0708, supported by nearshore and offshore centers as well as a strong partner network, cbs implements successful large-scale client projects around the globe. Managing Directors: Rainer Wittwen (CEO), Holger Scheel, Stefan Risse https://www.cbs-consulting.com/en/imprint/
