About the Role:
Manage legal affairs for the company's Southeast Asia (SEA) region. The role is based in Malaysia with a primary focus on Malaysian legal matters, while also providing legal support for the daily and foundational business operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and other SEA countries as needed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contract Drafting, Review & Management Draft, review, revise, and manage contracts and legal documents related to suppliers, customers, dealers, and partners across Malaysia and other SEA markets. Identify legal risks in specific business models and transaction structures, and participate in contract negotiations and commercial term discussions as needed.
- Legal Research & Regulatory Monitoring Monitor laws, regulations, and compliance updates in Malaysia and key SEA markets (Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, etc.) relevant to the business. Conduct legal research, provide regulatory updates, legal analysis, and foundational legal opinions, and promptly alert business and legal teams to material legal changes.
- Day-to-day Business Legal Support Act as the primary legal contact for the local Malaysian business team and collaborate with other SEA country teams. Provide timely and practical legal support covering commercial contracts, business models, marketing, consumer protection, data & privacy compliance, employment, and general corporate matters. Identify and flag legal risks proactively.
- New Projects & Complex Matters Support Support new projects, business models, key partnerships, major transactions, potential disputes, and high-risk compliance matters in the SEA region. Assist in mapping out business facts, identifying core legal issues and risk points, organizing documentation, and working with HQ, regional legal teams, and external counsel to implement solutions.
- Legal Risk Identification & Management Proactively identify legal and compliance risks across SEA operations, and propose actionable risk mitigation measures. Assist in enhancing legal risk management frameworks, standard contract templates, legal workflows, and internal guidelines for Malaysia and the broader SEA region.
- Legal & Compliance Training Design and deliver legal training, compliance awareness sessions, and professional guidance tailored to the SEA business landscape, legal environment, and common risk areas to strengthen the legal awareness and compliance capability of overseas teams.
- External Counsel & Legal Spend Management Manage day-to-day communication and coordination with external law firms in Malaysia and other SEA countries. Handle external counsel selection, scope of work confirmation, information provision, and progress tracking. Participate in budgeting, review, and management of external legal fees to ensure cost-efficiency while maintaining service quality.
- Cross-regional & Other Legal Support Collaborate closely with HQ legal and other regional legal teams to support cross-border and overseas legal matters. Undertake other relevant tasks assigned by the legal department and SEA business units.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Law; qualified in China, Malaysia, Singapore, or other common law jurisdictions is preferred.
- Strong familiarity with the Malaysian business legal environment and key laws governing day-to-day operations. Basic understanding of commercial laws and regulatory environments in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, etc., with the ability to handle multi-jurisdictional legal matters through research and external counsel.
- 3+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably from in-house legal departments of large/MNCs, or law firms with cross-border practices.
- Experience in overseas legal affairs or cross-border legal support. Prior SEA work experience, experience supporting Chinese MNCs overseas, or direct responsibility for SEA regional legal matters is highly preferred.
- Strong contract review, commercial transaction support, and general corporate compliance capabilities. Hands-on experience in data & privacy, employment, consumer protection, marketing compliance, or dispute resolution is a plus.
- Excellent legal analysis, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills. Ability to quickly identify key legal issues across different jurisdictions and propose practical, business-oriented solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English. Ability to independently handle contracts, legal documents, emails, and cross-border meetings in English, and thrive in cross-cultural, cross-regional team settings.
- Strong sense of responsibility, communication skills, and business acumen. Ability to work independently on daily legal matters and handle complex or significant legal issues under the guidance of HQ or regional legal leadership.
- Willing to be based in Malaysia long-term and open to short-term business travel to Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and other SEA countries as needed. Proficiency in Malay, Indonesian, or Thai is a plus.
XPENG offers:
- An interesting, unique and very varied job at XPENG
- A job with an incredibly large contact surface both internally and externally
- An attractive salary package incl. pension and with the possibility of a bonus
- To be involved in the growth of an existing EV brand in Europe
Next steps:
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At XPENG, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
