Commercial Counsel

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Commercial Counsel

Location: Shugart, SG

Posting Date: Aug 12, 2026

Job ID: 14799

About our group:

Seagate’s Legal Team is a global group of talented, diverse, and collaborative professionals who partner with the business to navigate complex legal and regulatory issues around the world. The team has expertise across a variety of legal specialties and supports the business in a complex global operating environment.

About the role - you will:

We are seeking a business-minded, technology-focused Senior Corporate Counsel I to join our global legal team in Singapore. This role is ideal for a commercial transactions lawyer who enjoys partnering with business stakeholders, supporting local, regional, and global commercial matters, and delivering practical legal advice in a fast-paced technology environment.

What You'll Do

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor and supplier contracts, services agreements, technology licensing agreements, procurement agreements, sales-related agreements, NDAs, amendments, and other business contracts.
• Use AI and legal technology tools to support contract review, legal analysis, and other legal tasks .
• Provide practical legal advice to internal clients on contract terms, legal risk, approval requirements, and company policies.
• Identify non-standard contract terms, escalate issues appropriately, and help drive practical, risk-based resolutions.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into practical contractual solutions.
• Support contract lifecycle activities, including drafting, negotiation, review, approval routing, execution, amendment, renewal, and archiving.
• Ensure contracts are reviewed, negotiated, approved, executed, and managed in compliance with Seagate policies and applicable legal requirements.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Legal, Finance, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, Information Security, and other functions.
• Stay informed on legal and regulatory developments relevant to commercial contracting, technology transactions, data privacy, trade compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, and related areas.
• Support process improvement initiatives, contract templates, playbooks, training, audits, and other legal department projects as needed.
• Coordinate with outside counsel when appropriate and under the guidance of senior legal team members.

About you

• Practical, business-oriented lawyer with sound judgment and strong attention to detail.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and analytical skills.
• Able to manage multiple matters and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working independently while also collaborating across multiple sites, functions, regions, and time zones.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Builds trusted relationships with stakeholders and delivers clear, concise, and actionable legal advice.
• Organized, responsive, collaborative, and committed to high standards of ethics and integrity.
• Demonstrates a strong interest in technology, commercial contracting, and supporting a global business.
• Comfortable using CLM platforms, AI tools , and other business systems to work efficiently and support continuous improvement.

Your experience includes

• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification, with admission to practice law in Singapore or another relevant jurisdiction.
• Approximately 5–8 years of post-qualification transactional legal experience, preferably including experience with commercial contracts, technology transactions, procurement, sales, licensing, or other cross-border commercial matters.
• Experience at a law firm, multinational company, or in-house legal department supporting commercial transactions is preferred.
• Strong understanding of core commercial contracting principles and the legal and business implications of contract language.
• Experience advising technology, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, or sales teams is a plus.
• Familiarity with Singapore, APAC, and global commercial legal issues, including data privacy, trade compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, or related regulatory areas, is desirable.
• Experience using contract lifecycle management tools and Microsoft Office 365 products is preferred.
• Experience leveraging AI, legal technology, automation, or process improvement initiatives is a plus.

Why Seagate

• Join a collaborative global legal team supporting a leading technology company.
• Work on a broad range of commercial transactions across Singapore, APAC, and worldwide operations.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in a dynamic, innovation-driven environment.
• Develop your legal, commercial, and business skills while making a meaningful impact on the business.

About Us

With more than four decades of storage innovation, Seagate empowers humanity to thrive in the data age and helps people and businesses navigate the ever-expanding data landscape.

We craft precision-engineered, cutting-edge solutions that help the world store and manage exponential data growth.

Seagate is powered by our talented andpassionate workforce of 29,000 employees across the globe who embody our core values: integrity, innovation, and inclusion. Striving towards excellence every single day, we show up with these values for our customers, business partners, shareholders, and communities alike.

Join us and get inspired to make a difference in the datasphere!

Seagate is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, military and veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. EEO Know Your Rights Poster

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