Join Atoms as a Senior Corporate Paralegal to lead corporate governance and entity management across APAC.
Posted by employer 3 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Lead corporate secretarial operations across APAC
- Maintain regional signing authority matrices
- Design scalable processes and legal operations workflows
- Serve as the primary corporate governance contact for internal teams
- Directly manage external corporate secretarial firms
Must have
- Chartered Secretary / Chartered Governance Professional credential
- 7+ years of corporate secretarial and/or corporate paralegal experience
- Comprehensive mastery of corporate filing systems and statutory compliance
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Mandarin (written and spoken)
Practical constraints
- Office-based teams work onsite, five days a week
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Senior Corporate Paralegal at Atoms is responsible for overseeing corporate governance and entity management across the APAC region, ensuring compliance with local laws and managing statutory filings. This role requires expertise in corporate secretarial practices and the ability to streamline legal operations, with a focus on collaboration with various internal teams and external service providers. Ideal candidates will have over seven years of relevant experience and a Chartered Secretary qualification, along with proficiency in Mandarin to engage with regional stakeholders.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Atoms's careers page October 17, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Corporate Paralegal role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Singapore, Singapore.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Senior Corporate Paralegal role.
- Where is the role based?
- Atoms is hiring for this position in Singapore, Singapore.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Atoms targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Corporate Paralegal role at Atoms.
From the original posting
About the role
We are a rapidly growing global technology company!. We are seeking an experienced, high-caliber Senior Corporate Paralegal to join our regional hub in Singapore, reporting directly to the Head of Legal, APAC.
In this role, you will serve as the corporate governance subject matter expert and qualified company secretarial anchor for our Singapore entity and affiliated companies across APAC, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders across regional and global teams in a fast-paced corporate environment. While your main focus will center on driving corporate governance and entity management across the region, you will also deliver broader, high-impact operational support to the APAC legal team.
What you’ll do
1. Corporate Secretarial & APAC Entity Governance
- Lead corporate secretarial operations across APAC—ensuring full compliance with applicable local corporate laws and regulatory requirements, manage direct filings with statutory registries, maintain statutory registers, prepare board and shareholder resolutions, and handle annual compliance filings and business license renewals for regional entities, subsidiaries, and branch offices.
2. Legal Operations, Execution & Process Optimization
- Signatory Control & Document Legalization: Maintain regional signing authority matrices, execute corporate documentation workflows, and coordinate notarization and legalization requirements across APAC.
- Workflow Automation & Risk Management: Design scalable processes and legal operations workflows to streamline governance requests and corporate approvals, while proactively evaluating operations to identify compliance risks and improve efficiency.
3. Stakeholder & Service Provider Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary corporate governance contact for internal cross-functional teams, including Global Legal, Finance, Tax, HR, and regional expansion teams.
- Outside Counsel and Vendor Management: Directly manage external corporate secretarial firms, registered agents, and legalisation agents across APAC to ensure high quality, cost efficient, and timely delivery.
What we’re looking for
- Singapore Professional Qualification: Chartered Secretary / Chartered Governance Professional credential (e.g., CSIS / SAICSA membership).
- Deep Regional Expertise: Comprehensive, hands-on mastery of corporate filing systems, statutory compliance, and corporate secretarial practices, alongside practical experience managing entity maintenance across multiple APAC jurisdictions.
- Superior Independent Judgment: Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment in complex governance scenarios, analyze multi-variable regulatory requirements, and propose long-term solutions.
- Years of Experience: 7+ years of corporate secretarial and/or corporate paralegal experience within a top-tier Singapore law firm, corporate service provider, or multinational in-house legal department.
- Language Capabilities: Proficiency in Mandarin (written and spoken) is preferred to effectively liaise with Chinese-speaking stakeholders, partners, and local service providers.
What else you need to know
This role is based in our Singapore office. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.
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