Legal Advisory Assistant Manager

About the role

Eastspring, a global asset manager with Asia at its core, is hiring a Legal Advisory Assistant Manager in Bangkok. The role supports the Legal function in drafting and reviewing contracts, performing preliminary legal assessments, coordinating legal documentation, supporting litigation handling and assisting in corporate governance. It ensures adherence to legal and regulatory requirements and supports senior legal staff in giving sound legal guidance to business units.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review and carry out first-level checks of routine contracts and legal documents under the supervision of the Legal Advisory Manager, and escalate matters needing senior attention.
• Maintain and update centralized legal and contract repositories, and conduct basic legal research for regulatory updates and internal projects.
• Coordinate with external law firms, government agencies and regulators, and assist in preparing legal reports and regulatory submissions.
• Prepare materials for Board of Directors and Shareholder meetings, including board packs, minutes and follow-up on action items, and maintain statutory records and registers.
• Track litigation cases, collect documents and prepare internal summaries of case status for managers.
• Work with Risk, Compliance, Business Units and IT on routine legal inquiries, and support administrative tasks such as database updates and contract management workflows.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Law.
• 1-3 years of legal experience, preferably in a law firm or the legal department of a financial institution or multinational company.
• Experience drafting or reviewing basic legal documents.
• Good command of English, written and spoken.
• A lawyer's license is preferable.