Get to Know our Team:

In the age of technology, things are constantly changing. The travel market is much the same, being more dynamic and complex than ever. Agoda's Legal team is well suited to take on the challenges presented, adopting a proactive mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems. We are quick on our feet, decisive, and collaborate with multiple departments. We hire out-of-the-box thinkers that are well grounded with ethics and legal knowledge to ensure that Agoda achieves the right results, the right way.

The Opportunity:

This opportunity represents an exceptional chance to embed yourself within one of the world's most exciting groups, based in the vibrant and thriving city of Bangkok, and to help Corporate Governance and Entity Management be at the heart of how Agoda's defines the future for accessing travel experiences across the world.

In this Role, you'll get to:

• The role is part of Agoda's Legal Team and is responsible for overseeing the management of Agoda's global subsidiaries from a corporate governance perspective. This includes entity management, compliance, assisting with board meetings, managing subsidiary entities' governance and intra-group re-organizations, and rationalizing legal entities.
• The role also assists with general corporate governance matters, which involves liaising with other business stakeholders such as Treasury, Legal, Finance, Agoda's Leadership team and other business stakeholders.
• Oversee and manage relationships with external providers with respect to the global legal entity management.
• Responsible for managing a small team of corporate governance professionals.

Legal Entity Management

• Managing and coordinating all board meetings of the subsidiary entities and advising from a governance perspective. Taking meeting minutes and ensuring circulation to relevant stakeholders. Ensuring entity compliance for Agoda's global subsidiaries and managing their regulatory filings.
• Coordinating the induction and training of Directors, including preparation of relevant materials in collaboration with the Legal team.
• Working closely with the Finance team on day-to-day queries in relation to the subsidiaries, including supporting any cash management administration.
• Document execution for the subsidiaries (including notarization and apostillization where required) and providing general advice on signing authorities. This includes liaising with Tax and other stakeholders where necessary (e.g., while executing a power of attorney).
• Advising on board composition of global entities alongside Tax and assisting with appointments and resignations.
• Assisting with audit-related inquiries, if required. Addressing governance-related requests from regulators. Leading the entity management process, including entity setup and coordinating liquidation procedures, while liaising with and managing the relationship with senior stakeholders. Be the SPOC for any new entity requests, responsible for defining the criteria for entity management.
• Refining Legal Entity Management processes and consolidating entities globally, together with managing all BHI reporting.

Group Structure

• Joining calls on internal reorganizations and providing input from a company law perspective. Executing any internal reorganizations in conjunction with legal requirements.
• Addressing queries related to the Group Structure and assisting stakeholders in answering them.
• Managing the creation of new Agoda entities and liaising with relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate maintenance of records.
• Identifying changes to the group structure and preparing an annual group structure chart to be shared with C-forum.

Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Managing direct reports and stakeholders. Supervising the distribution of work across the team and providing team members with training and support. Responsible for performance and talent management across a diverse team.
• Maintaining a strong working relationship with stakeholders within the Legal team and other business functions, addressing their requests. Proactively engaging with stakeholders to understand business plans and strategy.
• Demonstrating an innovative approach to entity management and corporate governance, staying up to date on industry best practices.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Experienced corporate governance professional with 8+ years of relevant experience. A legal degree is a plus.
• Knowledge of general corporate law, corporate governance, and contract matters.
• Experience with legal entity management.
• Experience with complex cross-jurisdictional projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels, including stakeholder engagement capabilities—ability to build strong working relationships across diverse partners and senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and a well-organized approach to work.
• Knowledge of corporate governance IT tools, including GEMS.
• An understanding of and the ability to apply concepts of company and corporate law, including but not limited to entity incorporation (and liquidations), governance, corporate and entity maintenance.
• Ability to prioritize work and work well under pressure.
• Self-motivated and able to manage and train a team.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and manage major projects to successful completion with external support.

It's Great if you have:

• Experience working in APAC
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work in a multicultural environment
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage numerous projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional judgment and client relationship skills