The Legal Counsel will provide practical, business oriented legal advice to a fast-paced and global demanding business.
The role of the Legal Counsel will be to review, draft and negotiate contracts and support the business on all legal aspects in an ever evolving and growing company.
- Preparing, reviewing and negotiating sell-side complex IT contracts for software licensing (and related services) and partnership agreements in collaboration with various teams across the Asia-Pacific region; assisting in reviewing and responding to customer requests for proposals.
- Building close cross-functional relationships and working closely with with various teams across the organization to support the business, obtaining and maintaining a solid knowledge of the company’s business, and being able to communicate effectively and develop strong working relationships with senior management and business colleagues.
- Having strong subject matter expertise on complex legal terms and complex agreement structures (including intellectual property, licensing, indemnity, liability, identifying revenue impacting terms, data protection and other rights and obligations) required to ensure compliance within company policies and guidelines.
- Balancing competing priorities of constituencies as compared to business needs and using astute judgment as to when to seek executive-level direction.
- Monitoring and incorporating changes in laws and regulations across the Asia-Pacific region and ability to learn and apply new substantive areas of law to daily practice.
- Being highly self-directed and proactive - proactively identifying needs or potential legal issues, proposing solutions, and effectively executing on the solution.
What you offer
- Good knowledge and work experience in the area in the area of civil law and in particular contract law and corporate law;
- Affinity with ICT, Telecom, Privacy/data protection is a distinct advantage;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, Chinese (Mandarin) is a distinct advantage.
- Bachelors degree (or equivalent) and 3 - 5 years of experience in related field
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
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