Faz Hussen

General Counsel and Head Legal Govt Relations & Sustainability
McDonald’s
Singapore

“A really good General Counsel or Head of Legal shouldn’t just be a lawyer who knows the business, but rather a businessman with a law degree or law knowledge.”

Faz Hussen is Head of Legal, Government Relations & Sustainability at McDonald’s Singapore and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors as General Counsel since 2015. It has been his privilege to have helped grow and lead the legal and cross-functional teams to deliver concise, practical commercial contracts, advice and solutions, as well as develop compliance infrastructure, investigation protocols and internal training.

Faz just recently won the Chief Legal Officer of the Year Award 2024 for Singapore business counsels, recognised by the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (“SCCA”) and his legal colleagues for his outstanding performance and contributions to the fraternity.

Having been both in private practice and in-house practice for almost 2 decades, Faz has experience in litigation as well as transactional matters at Tan Kok Quan and Wong Partnership respectively. He also has Public and Private sectors experience given his time advising on research & development and related agreements, clinical trials, technology licences as well as the public sector issues as legal counsel with the Agency for Science Technology and Research (“ASTAR”) before his role in McDonald’s. He was part of the McDonald’s team that transitioned the franchise for Singapore and Malaysia from under the McDonald’s Corp ownership. Faz has been previously named as one of the leading influential in-house lawyers in business in Asia in The Legal 500: GC Powerlist and his team was recognised as well in 2018.

Beyond his professional roles, Faz serves on as the Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Anti-Doping Association as well as on the Football Association of Singapore player disputes panel. Faz is loving hands-on dad who is passionate about football, travel, food, real estate development and movies (not necessarily in that order). Having taken 2 Round-the World trips on sabbaticals, and being well-travelled, he loves to discuss global insights and perspectives on business and cultural issues that matter in today’s connected world. He is also a life-coach as he loves helping people unlock their purpose and achieve greater fulfilment in life – he will help you “find your happy”.