Director, Compliance Officer

📍 Singapore
Private Equity Platform | CMS Licence in Progress

We are partnering with a growing private equity platform with cross-border operations to appoint a Director, Compliance Officer in Singapore.

This is a senior, hands-on role combining legal transaction support, fund formation oversight, and regulatory leadership as the firm progresses through its CMS licensing phase.

The successful candidate will play a foundational role in shaping the governance and compliance framework of the Singapore platform.

This position will lead three core areas:

1️⃣ Investment transaction legal support
2️⃣ Fund formation and structuring oversight
3️⃣ Regulatory & compliance leadership (post-CMS licence)

The role reports directly to the Managing Director (Singapore) and works closely with regional stakeholders.

This is suited to a commercially minded legal professional who is comfortable operating in a lean, entrepreneurial investment environment.

Investment & Transaction Legal Support

• Review and advise on transaction documents (NDA, LOI/LOE, term sheets, subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements)

• Oversee legal due diligence processes for investment transactions

• Liaise with external counsel on deal documentation and structuring

• Act as internal legal gatekeeper to ensure commercial alignment and risk control

Fund Formation & Structuring

• Serve as internal legal contact for external counsel drafting:

  • Limited Partnership Agreements (LPA)

  • Investment Management Agreements (IMA)

  • Investment Advisory Agreements (IAA)

  • Administration agreements

• Coordinate fund incorporation documentation and execution

• Ensure legal documentation reflects commercial and operational realities

• Support cross-border fund structuring initiatives

Regulatory & Compliance (CMS Phase)

• Act as Compliance Officer (subject to eligibility), or key liaison to appointed external compliance provider

• Establish and maintain compliance policies and internal controls

• Oversee MAS reporting and regulatory submissions

• Monitor regulatory developments and advise management accordingly

• Lead compliance monitoring framework post-licensing

• Qualified lawyer with valid practising credentials (Singapore preferred)

• 8–15+ years’ legal experience (law firm and/or in-house)

• Strong exposure to:

  • Private equity / fund formation

  • Investment transaction documentation

  • Singapore financial regulatory framework

• Familiarity with MAS regulations and CMS licensing requirements

• Experience working with fund administrators and external counsel

• Independent, structured, and able to operate with minimal supervision

• Comfortable working in a lean and high-accountability environment

• Senior legal counsel from a PE or asset management platform

• Experienced in fund structuring and regulatory build-out

• Commercially pragmatic and solution-oriented

• Strong communicator able to engage cross-border stakeholders

• Foundational hire within a scaling investment platform

• Direct exposure to leadership and decision-making

• Broad scope across transactions, structuring and regulatory governance

• Opportunity to shape the compliance function from the ground up

If this sounds aligned with your experience, please reach out directly or send your CV confidentially to discuss further.

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