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The Junior Legal Counsel role supports MAS Holdings with legal advice, contract drafting and review, regulatory compliance, risk management, and dispute-related matters. Candidates are generally expected to hold an LLB and preferably be admitted to the Sri Lankan Bar, with relevant experience in commercial, corporate, employment, intellectual property, or manufacturing law. Strong legal research, drafting, negotiation, communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills are important. The successful candidate should be commercially minded, ethically reliable, detail-oriented, and able to work effectively with business teams across a fast-paced international apparel organization. Familiarity with data protection, supply-chain compliance, sustainability requirements, and cross-border commercial matters would be advantageous.
MAS Holdings is one of South Asia’s largest apparel and textile manufacturers and a major supplier to globally recognized fashion, sportswear, and lifestyle brands. Headquartered in Sri Lanka, the group operates across product design, innovation, manufacturing, logistics, and supply-chain services, with facilities and partnerships in several countries. MAS is known for technical apparel expertise, product innovation, ethical manufacturing, employee development, and sustainability initiatives. Its business covers lingerie, sportswear, performance clothing, swimwear, wearable technology, and related textile solutions. The company employs a large international workforce and works with demanding global customers, creating opportunities in legal, engineering, manufacturing, technology, merchandising, sustainability, and corporate functions. Employees typically work in a collaborative, performance-focused environment where compliance, responsible sourcing, confidentiality, and commercial awareness are highly valued.
Usual for Manufacturing jobs in Sri Lanka, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
How it works: Board of Investment factories can bring in technicians and skilled workers after a local-expertise check; other factories need a sector-ministry recommendation.
Before you apply: Some places test factory skills first: Japan's Specified Skilled Worker visa usually asks for a skills test and basic Japanese, and in Singapore, metal workers on a Work Permit must pass a safety course within 3 months of arriving.
Watch for: Line operators are usually hired locally, so expect technicians and managers only (judgement). Each factory has a pre-approved cap on foreign posts.
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
Official source: Board of Investment: Visa Recommendation Policy and Guidelines. Checked November 2026.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
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