Group Legal and Compliance Manager

Dextra Group (Bangkok)

Bangkok, Thailand

Dextra is a leading manufacturer and distributor of engineered construction products for the building and civil industries, supported by a team of over 900 professionals worldwide. Headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, Dextra is a privately-owned group of companies with affiliates in America, Europe, Middle East, India and Asia. Dextra supports and serves the construction industry with smart and dependable solutions that help consultants and contractors design and build ever-challenging structures today for tomorrow’s legacy.

About this position

The Group Legal Manager oversees Dextra’s Legal & Compliance across the group, covering operations globally in various countries. The role involves drafting and updating legal policies, ensuring compliance, and managing corporate governance and M&A support.

Responsibilities

• Ensure corporate legal compliance across the Group:
• Establish checklists of all basic, structural corporate compliance matters and review/update them twice a year and maintain a related database filing
• Delegate and control the work of local legal officers or third-party lawyers in various jurisdictions
• Ensure corporate compliance is met at any time for any juristic person of the Group
• Report any corporate compliance risks (renewal/update schedule, pending, possible issues)

• Review and develop legal policies and standards, update regularly and enforce consistently the Group Legal policy.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the company's compliance framework, ensuring alignment with local and international legal standards.
• Implement a planning of internal control to ensure Dextra Group compliance to Dextra Group legal policy.
• Ensure proper, timely and organized filing of all documents (hard and soft files). Suggest suitable tools to help promote efficiency.
• Develop a suitable internal dashboard.
• Manage all insurance policies across the group and work with brokers to obtain the best premium and coverage for the risk. Maintain a register of all the policies group and local.

• Develop and implement a corporate governance framework
• Ensure all corporate governance requirements are clearly communicated and adhered to throughout the group.
• Provide corporate governance and risk management support
• Review corporate governance procedures and policies

• Support the Board of Directors in M&A transactions, including legal due diligence (LDD) and the review of key contracts.

• Draft and update standard group commercial contract templates.
• Review and provide negotiation support, assisting management to finalize all commercial contracts in line with company objectives
• Draft and review commercial contracts and agreements to protect the company and ensure alignment and compliance with company best interests and objectives/initiatives.
• In case of claim or litigation, lead the coordination and legal review with concerned directors and legal supports. Ensure strong argumentation is presented to win cases.

• Support and provide legal advice by analyzing issues and problems and suggesting appropriate solutions to certain divisions or departments, for example Commercial, Operations, Human Resources, Information Technology and other departments while protecting the company’s interests (risk and legal analysis)
• Handle and manage company secretarial requirements in different countries (over 16 global entities)
• Reduce litigation, disputes and claims exposure
• Seek and select appropriate counsel based on skills, experience and budget.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of corporate law and compliance regulations.
• Proven experience in legal management, corporate governance, and compliance.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Proficiency in drafting and reviewing legal documents.
• Experience in managing M&A transactions and commercial contracts.
• Familiarity with insurance policies and risk management.