Legal Director

A challenging new position of Legal Director has become available in a pharmaceuticals and healthcare company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

About the Legal Director Role:

This role will be a member of the Indochina region and be involved in providing or procuring and supervising the provision of legal support to the business and operations in these markets.

This role will be based in Vietnam and will report directly to the Assistant General Counsel, Asia Business.
Legal Director will ensure delivery of high quality (including being proactive, pragmatic and solutions focused) legal services to the company and Thailand Business (including commercial, manufacturing, R&D operations) to enable the business strategies and business objectives of these markets in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing and ensure the provision of high-quality legal support (including advice and contracting) to all aspects of the business and operations in the region
• Being a key stakeholder in relevant business team meetings and risk management compliance boards
• Anticipating and proactively supporting the prevention and management of legal risks facing the business/operations (including participating in work to appropriately influence legislative developments, developing, reviewing and recommending policies and practices presenting potential legal risks and educating the internal clients on legal developments and policies and relevant laws and regulations impacting the business
• Supporting internal and external investigations and all forms of disputes (including employment and promotional claims); and communications with the regulators / authorities
• Developing, reviewing, advising and recommending policies and practices on issues presenting potential legal risks and educating the internal clients on legal developments and policies
• Conducting or coordinating research business on legal issues
• Managing Legal budget and the engagement of external legal counsel
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and other legal documents, and reviewing business, scientific, commercial, and sales/marketing documents/communications and advise on risks and appropriate strategy/language to manage risks while maximising business benefit
• Liaising with other departments and the above-country teams (e.g. Compliance, Audit and Assurance, Business Development, Investigations, Category, R&D, IP etc.) to ensure the integration of the full range of considerations impacting legal recommendations

To succeed in this Legal Counsel position, you should have minimum 10 years' working experience in MNC company, preference in pharma, healthcare, FMCG and related industries.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor of Law degree and qualified to practice law in Vietnam
• At least 10 years PQE in a combination of both in-house (multinational) and law firm contexts
• Must be willing and able to travel as needed on business.’
• Good and effective team player
• Able to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
• Able to learn and adapt quickly and work under pressure, in a fast paced environment
• Sense of urgency, proactive, inquisitive with appropriate attention to detail
• A solutions-focused mindset and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexible thinking with delivery of pragmatic and compliant business solutions
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent leadership, management, mentoring and coaching skills and able to work effectively through individuals (delegating and providing direction, mentoring, coaching, performance feedback to team members effectively)
• Strong communication skills with good command of written and spoken English and local language (Vietnam)

This company is a leader in the industry. In Vietnam they have well established and growing.

If you have solid experience as in house legal counsel and are seeking for a growing environment to work in, then this Legal Director role is a great opportunity is for you.

Apply today.

Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.