Asia Pacific - Regional Legal Manager

MAIN PURPOSE

• Serve as a cornerstone for driving business growth in the Asia Pacific region by providing competent, skilled, and professional legal services.
• Offer legal guidance and support to minimize legal and business risks and ensure compliance for all group companies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Legal Support Function

• Providing accurate and timely legal advice to the company on a variety of topics, such as contracts, competition law, intellectual property law, civil law, and others.
• Negotiating, drafting, and reviewing agreements, contracts, and other legal documents to ensure that the company's legal rights are protected.

• Handling legal disputes, including litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other methods of conflict resolution.
• Researching and evaluating different risk factors related to business decisions and operations to help the company make informed decisions.
• Receiving reports on legal issues from regional companies and preparing a monthly legal report for the headquarters.
• Providing appropriate legal training to regional companies to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Communicating and negotiating with external parties, such as external counsel and public authorities, to establish relationships of trust.
• Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitoring compliance to ensure that the company operates within legal and ethical boundaries.
• Applying effective risk management techniques and offering proactive advice on possible legal issues to help the company avoid legal problems.
• Dealing with complex matters involving multiple stakeholders and interests while maintaining professionalism, integrity, and responsibility.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of changes in legislation to ensure that the company remains compliant with all legal requirements.

2. Brand Management Function　

• Conducting anti-counterfeiting activities in the region, including market investigations, raid actions, border measures, and online takedowns.
• Managing criminal and civil actions against infringers.
• Conducting trademark searches, filings, and management in relation to the SAPAC brand and marketing.

3. Risk Management Function　

• Supporting cross-functional risk management and crisis response efforts in the region.
• Identifying and analysing various risks in the region and evaluating the severity of each risk by considering its potential consequences.
• Evaluating employees' level of risk awareness and developing, coordinating, and delivering risk management training programs throughout the region.
• Promoting and fostering an ethical mindset across the region through continuous employee training initiatives.

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience as a legal counsel or legal manager in a business environment for at least 8 to 12 years.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and legal procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective legal strategies, both defensive and proactive.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
• Sound judgment and analytical skills, with the ability to analyse complex situations and information.
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to clearly and effectively convey legal information to non-legal stakeholders.