Legal Counsel

JOB SUMMARY

To contribute to the sustainable development of the corporation in Vietnam, the Junior Legal Counsel / Legal Counsel will be in charge of legal perspectives of the corporation, including but not limited to, providing legal advice, drafting and reviewing contracts, ensuring all licenses and permits are in order for operation, implementing and maintaining an effective compliance framework in line with the global compliance and local applicable regulations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES

• Legal advisory:

- Check and provide legal advice to relevant departments and BUs for daily operation issues.

- Advise the local management team on legal-related issues.

• Legal Tech:

- Coordinate with HK teams to establish new platforms/systems for the Vietnam site, streamlining processes and procedures.

• Contract management:

- Draft, review operational contracts, agreements, transactions, and activities in compliance with Vietnamese laws and relevant applicable regulations and company policies.

- Check and support departments in negotiation with supplier proposals.

- Coordinate with regional teams to review complicated contracts and other agreements (if requested).

• Licenses and Permits:

- Obtain and keep track of all mandatory licenses and permits for operating in Vietnam as assigned by Senior Legal Counsel/Legal Director.

- Check and advise on all required conditions, licenses, and permits.

- Prepare the e-keeping system for tracking license and permit status.

- Prepare application dossiers and closely work with law firms to monitor the licensing status (if requested by Senior Legal Counsel/Legal Director).

• IP Monitoring:

- Work closely with the HK IP team to update IP regulations and prevent infringement in Vietnam.

- Prepare LOAs for brands manufactured in Vietnam.

• Corporate governance:

- Prepare and implement corporate governance in the company to be in line with the global strategy.

- Group Legal's policy (Sustainable Development): Coordinate with HK teams to review/localize Group Policies and monitor their application in Vietnam.

• Licensing Compliance Health check:

- Monitor project implementation and coordinate surveys/questionnaires with teams; inform stakeholders for license amendments if necessary.

• Training:

- Study, coordinate with local teams to draft the platform of Legal Update for improving the legal awareness of departments/BUs.

- Train, guide/advise, and control employees in compliance with local regulations and company’s requirements and standards.

- Update new laws and regulations using legal update templates.

- Guide Junior Legal Counsel and Legal Assistant/Paralegal (if any) to ensure their work schedule, output, and quality are in good order and condition.

• Other tasks as assigned by the Senior Legal Counsel/Legal Director.

Education: Bachelor of Law

Experience: Minimum 03-year experience in practicing law in manufacturing company (having both law firm and in-house working experience is preferable)

Knowledge: Law and regulations on Commercial, Enterprise, M&A, Investment, IP, Labor, Customs.

- Legal Advisory, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Time Management, Licensing and Permits tracking and application, Contract Review, Leadership Development, Legal Analysis, Critical Thinking.

- Fluently in MS Office and Legal English (both oral and writing).

Functional Skills:

- Be acquainted with technology software/platforms (e.g. project management).

- Good communication and negotiation skills.

Other Abilities:

- Working under high pressure.

- High responsibility.

- Diligent and Careful.

- Eager to learn new things and improvement.

- Interested in regulatory technologies.

**Working Location: Deutsches Haus - Dist. 1 - HCMC