Cisco Legal Counsel 

Singapore, Singapore 

753373686

• Build partnerships with senior leaders to ensure alignment in areas such as corporate governance, competition law, and anti-bribery laws.
• Help develop innovative legal solutions to business challenges while maintaining Cisco’s high standards of integrity, ethics, and transparency.
• Provide legal support to sales teams engaging with customers across the ASEAN countries.
• Advise on legal risks and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Collaborate with a world-class, high-energy, and fun group of legal professionals both within the APJC region and globally, in an environment that challenges and rewards innovation.

This role is preferably based in Singapore and reports to the Legal Director for the ASEAN and Korea theatres within the APJC region.

• Education: Law degree or equivalent professional qualification with a minimum of 5–8 years of law firm or relevant in-house legal experience.
• Expertise: Legal knowledge of Singapore and other ASEAN countries, with Korean legal knowledge a strong advantage.
• Experience: Direct negotiation experience in complex and large technology transactions is strongly desirable.

• A “can-do” attitude with the ability to lead cross-functional teams under pressure while balancing competing priorities and risks.
• Knowledge of cloud, collaboration, hybrid work, or software industries, as well as expertise in anti-trust, anti-corruption (e.g., FCPA), or public procurement laws.
• Familiarity with Splunk’s business, Cisco’s technologies, or channel/reseller-based selling models is desirable.
• Languages: Proficiency in English is mandatory. Knowledge of any of these languages – Indonesian, Malay, Korean, or Mandarin Chinese – would be a strong plus.