Legal & Compliance Associate

152 Legal Support jobs in the Philippines Legal & Compliance Associate

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About DT One

DT One operates a global network for mobile top-up solutions and innovative mobile rewards. By using smarter mobile technology solutions we enable more people in emerging economies to be more connected more often - so that no one is left out.

Through our network of over 1500 partners we interconnect over 550 mobile operators in 160 countries, with a market of more than five billion consumers.

We are headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Barcelona, Dubai, London Manila and Miami.

DT One is committed to empowering people and businesses through accessible and reliable mobile top-ups and digital non-cash micropayments. As the communications and fintech landscapes evolve, DT One stands poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cross-border micropayments and digital value payments.

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Context of the role

As a Legal & Compliance Associate, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our legal and compliance processes run seamlessly every day. This position demands a unique combination of compliance expertise, practical legal knowledge, and exceptional organisational and operational skills to keep our workflows efficient, accurate, and aligned with regulatory standards. While this is not a legal advisory or counsel role, it is a hands-on operational position that requires attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

What you'll do

• Lead compliance activities with a strong focus on KYC onboarding for B2B partners, ensuring adherence to internal and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor sanctions lists and support ongoing regulatory compliance to maintain alignment with applicable laws and standards.
• Maintain and update contract and legal document templates to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Keep CRM systems, contract trackers, and legal databases accurate and up to date.
• Assist with company secretarial matters, including preparing corporate resolutions for bank account openings or closures, director appointments or changes, and other entity management matters.
• Support the optimisation of legal and compliance workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Liaise across legal, compliance, commercial, and administrative functions to ensure smooth operations and alignment with business priorities.

Requirements

• Approximately 5 years' experience in legal assistance, compliance support, or a related operational role, with a strong understanding of relevant legal and compliance principles, particularly KYC and regulatory requirements.
• Proactive above all else – you anticipate issues, take action, and follow through without waiting for problems to arise.
• Builds trust quickly by being approachable, accessible, and engaged, actively talking to sales and the rest of the business, joining meetings, and working seamlessly across departments.
• Highly organised – you manage multiple tasks and deadlines with ease, staying calm and in control under pressure.
• A solutions-focused problem solver who takes ownership and sees issues through to resolution.
• Experienced with contracts, sanctions, and company secretarial matters.

No region-based applicant restriction indicated for this posting. Practice Legal Support Specialist

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Description

Work Arrangement: Reports to the office five days a week and occasionally conducts in-person transactions with government agencies, as required.

Position Summary

Provide advanced support, guidance, and expertise to the Immigration Practice Group Lawyers, Immigration Manager, Practice Legal Specialists (PLS), and other team members to ensure the delivery of high-quality legal immigration services to clients.

Serve as a liaison between clients and government offices, representing the firm in all immigration-related matters and applications.

Prepare and submit visa applications, work permits, and other immigration-related applications to relevant government agencies (e.g., Bureau of Immigration, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine Economic Zone, etc.).

Major Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage multiple complex cases while prioritizing tasks and deadlines.
• Liaise and collaborate with government offices, representing the firm in interactions with government agencies, outside counsel, and clients.
• Serve as the point of contact for clients, communicating about requests for information, legal immigration case status, and immigration procedures on a case-by-case basis through phone, email, or in-person interactions. Provide advice and information to clients as needed.
• Draft responses to client emails and correspondence related to immigration queries under the supervision of the manager or lawyer.
• Work closely with attorneys, as well as international and national clients, to gather and organize supporting data and documents for case preparation.
• Conduct in-depth research on immigration laws and government regulations to ensure updated knowledge.
• Maintain and monitor immigration services, rules, procedures, and filing fees to guarantee proper document preparation and filings.
• Collaborate with the Immigration Practice Group, co-paralegals, and staff regarding immigration and administrative tasks for the practice group, providing instructions and advice on applications and work to be performed.
• Perform duties such as preparation, review, compilation, filing, follow-up, and release of applications as necessary with respective government offices (DOLE, Bureau of Immigration, PEZA, DFA, PRA, BOI, BIR, LGUs, etc.).
• Represent and assist clients with the Bureau of Immigration and PEZA during hearings for visa applications, fingerprinting, and/or exit interviews.
• Draft and revise request letters, affidavits, and any additional documentary requirements mandated by DOLE, Bureau of Immigration, PEZA, DFA, PRA, BOI, BIR, LGUs, etc., in accordance with recent updates and changes under the supervision of an attorney.
• Draft, review, and edit sophisticated legal immigration documents and motions for reconsideration for clients under the supervision of an attorney.
• Monitor the status and follow up on all work permit, visa applications, and related immigration concerns, ensuring timely releases.
• Maintain and monitor deadlines, updating and reporting on cases and trackers for clients.
• Work outside normal office hours and facilities as needed for any outbound applications or filings.
• Update personal trackers for documents processed and filed within the day.
• Prepare and submit liquidation of revolving fund.
• Perform other related duties as assigned periodically.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

EDUCATION

College graduate in Law / Business Administration / Liberal Arts or related field

EXPERIENCE

At least three (3) to five (5) years of work experience. Preferably with related work experience in transacting with Bureau of Immigration, DOLE and other government agencies.

SKILLS / COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• With Management/Supervisory skills and experience
• Knowledgeable and familiar with immigration and employment laws/rules
• Knowledgeable about the procedures and documents used by various government agencies, particularly the Bureau of Immigration and the Department of Labor and Employment
• Strong planning and organizing skills
• Possesses basic research skills
• Effective communication skills (both oral and written) and ability to foster good relationships with key stakeholders (both internal and external)
• With a keen eye for details, a team player and flexible
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• With time management skills and has the ability to organize multiple tasks and work under pressure
• Proficient in writing/drafting reports, memos, and other related documents
• Competent in using MS Office applications and databases to manage and administer paralegal work

ABOUT QUISUMBING TORRES

For more than five decades, we have helped top multinational and domestic companies drive their growth in the country. We provide global reach with deep local roots, delivering exceptional and effective legal advice and assistance to clients across borders seamlessly.

In 1963, the Firm was established as Collas and Guerrero, and later became known as Quisumbing Torres.

As part of Baker & McKenzie's global network with more than 12,000 people in 77 offices in 47 countries, we offer market insight and international experience that few firms in the Philippines can match.

With our team of more than 50 Philippine lawyers, we are a full-service firm, advising clients in the Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Immigration, Intellectual Property, and Tax practice areas. More specifically, we are able to deliver industry-specific advice on:

• Aviation, Aerospace & Defense
• Chemicals and Plastics
• Construction & Building Materials
• Consumer Goods & Retail
• Energy & Utilities and Climate Change
• Food & Beverage
• Hotels, Resorts & Tourism
• Infrastructure
• Insurance
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing & Wholesale
• Media & Entertainment
• Mining & Metals
• Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
• Services (including Outsourcing)
• Telecommunications
• Transportation & Logistics

Contract & Legal Support Specialist - Remote (PH)

₱ - ₱ Y Theoria Medical

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Contract & Legal Support Specialist - Remote (PH)

Position Type: Full-time, Non-exempt

Compensation: 35, ,000 PHP monthly (All-in salary package)

Job Location: Remote (PH)

Job Highlights:

1. Paid Time Off: Relax and recharge with paid vacation and sick leaves.

2. Bonus Boost: Enjoy an extra bonus with our 13th-month pay.

3. Extra Earnings: Overtime opportunities available for additional income.

4. Work-Ready: We provide the essential work device for seamless productivity.

Company Overview
Theoria Medical is a comprehensive medical group and technology company dedicated to serving patients across the care continuum with an emphasis on post-acute care and primarycare. Theoria serves facilities across the United States with a multitude of services to improve the quality of care delivered, refine facility processes, and enhance critical relationships. We offer a broad scope of services including multispecialty physician services, telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and more. We currently operate primary care clinics and provide medical services to skilled nursing facilities in numerous states across the nation. As a leading-edge, innovative, and quality-driven physician group, we continue to expand nationally. In pursuit of this, we continue to seek talented individuals to join our amazing team and care for our population. Theoria's is seeking an individual to join its team to support its expansion and assist withadministrative and operational assistance to the Legal and Contracts team.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Contract Support

• Assist with preparing, monitoring and tracking of US-based contracts
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as sales and recruitment teams
• Provide administrative and organizational support to the contract team
• Maintain and organize contract templates, files, databases and systems to ensureaccurate records and easy retrieval
• Triage contract team's inbox and provide initial feedback to legal team and internalclients related to requests received
• Support the contract review process by gathering required information, templates andapprovals
• Coordinate the execution of contracts through e-signature platforms (DocuSign)

Legal Support

• Assist with the preparation of documents
• Provide administrative and organizational support to the legal team
• Assist with data entry, filing and document management to support efficient workflows
• Perform other administrative, clerical duties or special projects, as assigned, to supportthe Legal/Contracts team

Requirements and Qualifications

• Ability to work independently
• Basic understanding of contract terms and legal concepts a plus (training will beprovided)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel), Greenhouse Recruiting, DocuSign, and Google Workspace
• Familiarity with contract management systems and e-signature tools
• Must be highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, responsive, and completedeliverables on time
• Excellent English communication skills (both verbal and written)

Compensation and Benefits

• PTO and Holiday pay
• HMO
• Continuing Education allowance
• Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily, with orwithout a reasonable accommodation. Employer retains the right to change or assign otherduties to this position.

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Paralegal- Litigation Support

Mandaluyong, National Capital Region ₱ - ₱ Y IBEX Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc.

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Position Summary: Provides legal secretarial support for attorneys and paralegals in a fast paced, deadline driven environment. Performs legal secretarial duties requiring specific knowledge of related standards and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

• Assists attorneys and paralegals with preparation of a wide range of legal documents including wills, trusts, probate pleadings, corporate documents, entity formation documents, and other legal documents under the attorney's direction.
• Schedules hearings, maintains calendar, and tickler system for all deadlines.
• Assists in preparing for hearings, trials (both jury and non-jury), file preparation, coordination and interview of witnesses, exhibits, and basic research.
• Prepares correspondence under direction of attorneys.
• Collects, organizes and maintains comprehensive client and matter information in a central digital file to be used in the administration of each matter, including the accurate preparation of new client and matter intake forms. Maintains data easily accessible to all users.
• Closes or directs closing of files. Receives, reviews, and discusses inactive matter list with attorney and advises Records on which matters to close.
• Assists attorneys with accounts receivable collections.
• Utilizes IntelliPad CRM for seminars, events and holiday gift and card client lists.
• Assists attorneys to set-up and/or keep Social Media accounts updated to match their biographies on the firm website.
• Screens telephone calls, visitors, and answers and directs inquiries to appropriate attorney.
• Performs various clerical duties including but not limited to: opening and routing mail, typing, filing, copying, scanning, and record keeping.
• Researches case information.
• Files legal pleadings and other documents with various courts; delivers judgments, and orders for signature by judge.
• Maintains and controls all physical and electronic files for the attorneys to which the secretary is assigned; may have the assistance of a File Clerk.
• Schedules appointments; accepts or refuses invitations; makes reservations; coordinates and organizes meetings; makes travel arrangements; maintains calendar for attorneys.
• May serve as backup to other secretaries as needed.
• Contributes to a positive work environment.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED; some college preferred.
• Two (2) years legal secretarial experience.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task with accuracy.
• Ability to prioritize daily projects and duties with respect to deadlines.
• Ability to meet with clients at various locations.
• Familiar with e-filing.
• Must demonstrate close attention to detail.
• Must maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to read and interpret written information.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities.
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Must possess the ability to follow through on commitments; demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; look for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Ability to be consistently at work and on time.

Legal Administrative Support

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Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Legal Administrative Support professional with a background in legal administration or office support. The successful candidate will assist in managing client documentation, coordinating communications, and supporting lawyers with day-to-day administrative tasks. This role requires excellent organizational skills, exceptionally high attention to detail, and strong communication abilities to deliver efficient and professional support within a legal practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage client files and documentation, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and proper organization.
• Maintain digital filing systems within the current Google Workspace (Gsuite) platform so records are accessible, secure, and up to date.
• Draft, prepare, and collate legal documents for client distribution and internal use.
• Monitor and follow up with clients via email in a timely and professional manner.
• Support lawyers with administrative tasks including scheduling, correspondence, and document preparation.
• Maintain client confidentiality and sensitive information, upholding compliance with all data security standards and applicable privacy policies.

Qualifications

• Background in Legal Studies, Administration, or a related field (education or work experience).
• Previous experience in a legal administrative support role is highly regarded.
• Strong organizational skills and very high attention to detail.
• Proficient in Google Workspace (Gsuite) and cloud-based document management systems.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Familiarity with Australian legal procedures and regulatory requirements will be considered a strong advantage.

Desirable Traits

• Proactive and able to take initiative in managing responsibilities
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong team player with a client-focused mindset.
• High level of integrity and professionalism in handling sensitive legal matters

Work Setup

• Work From Home
• Monday to Friday, 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Job Type: Full-time

Experience

• Legal Studies/ Admin: 3 years (Preferred)
• Google Workspace: 3 years (Preferred)

Language

Work Location: Remote

Legal Assistant

Bel Air, National Capital Region ₱ - ₱ Y Ferrotech Paints and Coatings

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Qualifications:

• Graduate of BS Legal Management or any equivalent course.
• With related experience is an advantage.
• Fresh graduate are welcome to apply.
• Willing to be assigned in Bel-Air, Makati City
• Can start ASAP.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

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