Legal Advisor

This job is a Legal Advisor who helps ensure property sales and marketing follow the law. You might like this job because you’ll negotiate contracts, manage risks, and collaborate on exciting new property projects!

The Legal Advisor will provide comprehensive legal support to the Property Sales & Marketing Department, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations while safeguarding the company’s interests. This role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating property-related agreements, advising on real estate transactions, and mitigating legal risks associated with property development, sales, and marketing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Management & Documentation
• Draft, review, and vet sale & purchase agreements (SPA), tenancy agreements, marketing collaboration agreements, and other property-related contracts.
• Ensure all sales and marketing documentation complies with the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Act, Strata Titles Act, Contracts Act, and other applicable laws / regulations.
• Negotiate terms with purchasers, agents, vendors, and marketing partners to protect the company’s interests.
• Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
• Advise management and the sales team on regulatory requirements for advertising, promotions, and marketing campaigns under the Housing Development regulations and guidelines issued by relevant authorities.
• Liaise with government authorities, regulators, and external legal counsel on licensing, approvals, and statutory compliance.
• Monitor changes in property and consumer protection laws affecting sales and marketing activities.
• Risk Management & Dispute Resolution
• Identify potential legal risks in property transactions, sales practices, and marketing campaigns, and propose mitigating measures.
• Handle purchaser complaints, disputes, and pre-litigation matters related to property sales and after-sales services.
• Support dispute resolution processes, arbitration, or litigation in coordination with external lawyers when required.
• Strategic Support
• Provide legal input on new property launches, marketing initiatives, and business development projects.
• Assist in due diligence exercises for acquisitions, joint ventures, and collaborations with real estate agencies.
• Conduct legal training for sales and marketing staff on compliance and contractual matters.

Job Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

Skills

Effective Communication

Contract Drafting

Company Benefits

Comprehensive and competitive benefit packages covering a host of monetary, developmental and recreational components.

Strategic Location

Based in Bangsar South, we are strategically located at the heart of our thriving and easily accessible integrated city development.

Work Life Balance

At UOA, we cherish a ‘work hard, play hard’ culture that strikes a harmonious balance of performance and enjoyment at work within our UOA community.

UOA strives to achieve new benchmarks year after year, and accolades by local as well as international award bodies have proven these efforts.

Career path opportunities for growth and development

United Overseas Australia Ltd was founded in 1987 and subsequently listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. In 1989, the group based its headquarters and business operations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The group achieved monumental milestones with the listing of UOA Ltd on Singapore Exchange in 2008 and its development arm, UOA Development Bhd on Bursa Malaysia in 2011.Over the past three decades, the group...

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