IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL
ABOUT HOTEL101
Hotel101 Marketing Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. The group is headed by Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., which is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker HBNB, and it develops and operates standardised condominium hotels built around a single, uniform room product, with a development pipeline across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
The Legal Services team is a small in-house team that supports the group across development transactions, joint ventures, hotel operations, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and disputes.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This role carries primary responsibility for two workstreams. The first is development and joint venture transactions, from term sheet through to signing and completion. The second is contentious matters, including pre-action correspondence, litigation and arbitration conducted through appointed external counsel.
Both workstreams are cross border. Transactions are executed across the group pipeline markets in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, and disputes are conducted in multiple jurisdictions through appointed local counsel.
This is an in-house legal role. The successful candidate is employed to provide legal advice to Hotel101 Marketing Pte. Ltd. and to other companies within the Hotel101 group, and reports to the Legal Services Director. The role does not involve appearing or pleading in Singapore court proceedings, which is conducted by appointed external counsel.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Transactions and definitive agreements
• Draft, review and negotiate cross border term sheets, memoranda of understanding, letters of intent, joint venture and shareholders agreements, joint development agreements, land contribution agreements, development and construction agreements, hotel management agreements, revenue and profit sharing arrangements, corporate guarantees and security documents.
• Ensure transaction documents are consistent with approved commercial terms, internal approvals and signing timelines.
• Maintain issues lists and drive matters through to signing and completion.
Negotiation and deal management
• Lead or support negotiations with counterparties, landowners, developers, contractors, consultants, financiers and external counsel.
• Present and defend the company position, identify fallback options and escalation points, and separate legal risk from commercial decision points.
• Work with the development, finance, operations and sales functions so that transaction documents support the operating model.
Dispute resolution and contentious matters
• Manage disputes across the group portfolio, including construction and contractor claims, joint venture and shareholder disputes, unit purchaser and guest claims, supplier and service provider disputes, employment matters, intellectual property matters and insurance claims.
• Prepare and review pre-action correspondence, demands, without prejudice communications and settlement documentation.
• Instruct, brief and supervise external counsel in litigation, arbitration and mediation across jurisdictions, and manage case strategy, budgets and timelines.
• Implement legal holds, manage document preservation and collection, and coordinate discovery and disclosure support with the business.
• Prepare dispute status reporting and exposure assessments for management, including input to finance on provisions and contingent liabilities.
Governance, closing and conditions precedent
• Prepare and manage closing checklists and completion agendas.
• Track conditions precedent, board and shareholder approvals, legal opinions, regulatory filings, registrations, security perfection steps and signing deliverables.
• Prepare or review board and shareholder resolutions, officer certificates, powers of attorney, approval memoranda and signing authority documents.
External counsel management
• Scope and manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, including engagement terms, fee arrangements and budget control.
• Issue clear written instructions, track deliverables and consolidate advice into decision ready summaries for management.
• Test external advice for practicality and commercial fit, and ensure output is timely and responsive to the question asked.
Risk and compliance
• Identify legal, regulatory, contractual, reputational and execution risk, and propose practical mitigation through drafting, structuring, negotiation or escalation.
• Distinguish between issues that block signing, issues requiring escalation, and issues that can be accepted as commercial risk.
• Support the group compliance framework, including anti money laundering and know your customer requirements on unit sales, personal data protection, sanctions screening and the securities law obligations applicable to a Nasdaq listed group.
• Maintain confidentiality and legal privilege over company legal advice and dispute materials.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• A recognised law degree, and admission or qualification to practise law in any jurisdiction.
• At least 5 years of post qualification legal experience in corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate development, construction, hospitality, infrastructure or a comparable transactional practice, gained in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both.
• Demonstrated experience taking transactions from term sheet to signing, including drafting and negotiating definitive agreements without close supervision.
• Demonstrated experience managing contentious matters, including instructing and supervising external counsel in litigation or arbitration.
• Working knowledge of corporate structuring, shareholder arrangements, governance, closing mechanics and conditions precedent.
• Ability to manage several concurrent matters across jurisdictions and time zones and to work to fixed deadlines.
• Professional working proficiency in written and spoken English, which is the working language for transaction documents, instructions to external counsel and management reporting.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE
• Experience with special purpose vehicles, project companies, corporate guarantees, mortgages, pledges and other security arrangements.
• Exposure to condominium hotel, serviced apartment, strata title, leaseback or regulated real estate investment structures.
• Prior in-house experience within a listed group.
• Experience working with counsel and counterparties in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe or North America.
• Experience supporting corporate secretarial, board and disclosure processes.
WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
• Direct carriage of live cross border development transactions and disputes.
• Regular working contact with senior management and with the development, finance, operations and sales functions.
• Exposure to the legal, regulatory and disclosure workstreams of a Nasdaq listed group.
• A small legal team in which the role carries individual responsibility for matters from instruction through to completion.
SELECTION AND APPLICATION
• Selection is on merit, based on skills, experience and ability to perform the job. Hotel101 Marketing Pte. Ltd. is committed to fair and merit based employment practices and follows the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices.
• Applications should be submitted through the application channel stated in the job posting. Applicants are asked not to include a photograph, date of birth, identification number, marital status or family details in their application.
• Shortlisted candidates will be asked to produce evidence of academic and professional qualifications. Qualifications may be subject to independent third party verification.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA
By submitting an application, you consent to Hotel101 Marketing Pte. Ltd. and its related corporations collecting, using and disclosing the personal data in your application for the purposes of assessing your suitability for this role and other suitable roles within the group, verifying the information you have provided, conducting reference and background checks, and, if your application is successful, for employment, payroll and work pass administration purposes.
Your personal data will be handled in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and the company recruitment privacy notice, a copy of which is available on request. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for 6 months and then securely destroyed. You may withdraw your consent at any time by writing to DPO@hotel101global.com, and we will cease to use your personal data for recruitment purposes within a reasonable period of receiving your request.