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Legal Operations Manager - APAC/China (IP & Contracts)

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In-Office
Singapore, SGP
Mid level
In-Office
Singapore, SGP
Mid level
The Legal Operations Manager will support trademark enforcement, assist with contract drafting, ensure legal compliance, and improve legal processes across APAC and China.
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Job Description

Are you passionate about intellectual property, commercial contracting, and supporting global business operations in a complex international environment? Join the LEGO Group® and play a key role in safeguarding our brand and supporting legal operations across the APAC and China region!

Core Responsibilities

  • Support trademark border enforcement activities across the APAC/China region, including collaboration with customs authorities
  • Assist with global trademark and copyright clearance work to help protect the LEGO Group’s intellectual property portfolio
  • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts across multiple legal areas and jurisdictions, including manufacturing, procurement, sales, and marketing agreements
  • Ensure legal accuracy and alignment with corporate policies, contracting standards, governance requirements, and applicable legal frameworks
  • Identify material legal risks where appropriate and support effective risk mitigation
  • Communicate complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to non-legal interested parties to support informed decision-making
  • Contribute to the streamlining and standardization of legal processes, templates, negotiation guides, and playbooks
  • Support the development and improvement of legal tech platforms and digital contracting solutions
  • Collaborate closely with internal partners, external advisors, and regional teams across APAC and globally

This role is located in Singapore, and no relocation assistance is offered for this position.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO Group continues to grow, increasing the demand for scalable and high-quality legal services across regions. As part of the newly established Tax and Legal Operations team within Business Service Operations (BSO), this role supports the business by delivering legal operational excellence across intellectual property and commercial contracting activities!

Do you have what it takes?

  • Hands-on experience working with intellectual property rights within the APAC/China region
  • Experience supporting trademark border enforcement activities and collaborating with customs authorities
  • Experience with copyright and trademark clearance work
  • Strong contract drafting, review, and negotiation skills across multiple legal areas, including procurement, marketing, sales, and manufacturing agreements
  • Experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm environment
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal partners
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic international environment

What would be an advantage?

  • Chinese language skills for effective collaboration with partners are a plus
  • Knowledge of Vietnamese and/or Chinese legislation and legal frameworks is an advantage

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

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