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Senior Legal Counsel

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Our client is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join their team in Ho Chi Minh City. This role offers an exciting opportunity to provide efficient and high-quality legal services, acting as a trusted legal business partner for the sales and marketing team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a broad range of legal advice and support, including commercial operations, to enable the company to avoid and manage legal risks and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

  • Act as a trusted legal business partner for Commerce
  • Provide high quality, solution-oriented and cost-effective legal services
  • Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations

What you'll do:

As a Senior Legal Counsel, your role will be pivotal in providing efficient and high-quality legal services. You will act as a trusted advisor for the sales and marketing team ('Commerce'), handling all legal issues related to their operations. Your expertise will be crucial in fostering an ethic and compliance culture within the company. You will also be responsible for advising on product claims, product liability, competitor challenges, defenses, as well as providing pragmatic solutions to business stakeholders.

  • Act as trusted legal business partner for Commerce overseeing all legal issues for operations
  • Foster an ethic and compliance culture within the company including compliance with anti-trust, anti-corruption, data privacy policies, regulations and industry code and ethics
  • Advise on legal strategy and supports on product claims, product liability, competitor challenges and defenses
  • Provide pragmatic and commercially sound legal solutions to business stakeholders and senior management
  • Support day-to-day operations by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts
  • Proactively identify, evaluate, and advise stakeholders on areas of legal risks (prevention and management) and opportunities
  • Ensure compliance with the company's Code of Business Conduct and foster an environment of teamwork and collaboration
  • Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect company operations, communicate such changes to relevant stakeholders and provide necessary training
  • Drive accountability in the Legal function to deliver high quality legal support to business partners with optimal cost structures

What you bring:

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you bring a wealth of experience from your previous roles. You have a law degree or LLM in commerce or economic law and over 10 years of legal experience, preferably as an in-house counsel for a multi-national FMCG corporation. Your strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-culturally will be key in this role. You possess in-depth knowledge of various laws including commercial law, corporate law, investment law, anti-bribery law, civil law, data privacy law, alcohol law, advertisement law etc. Your problem-solving capabilities with good judgment and commitment to delivering results will be highly valued.

  • A law degree or LLM in commerce or economic law is required
  • Over 10 years of legal experience preferably solid in-house counsel experience with a multi-national FMCG corporation or a combination of experience as private practice attorney and as an in-house counsel
  • Previous experience in an MNC or a highly complex organization in FMCG industry would be highly advantageous
  • Strong communication skills with high level of collaboration cross-culturally
  • In-depth knowledge of various laws including commercial law, corporate law, investment law, anti-bribery law, civil law, data privacy law, alcohol law, advertisement law etc.
  • Strong problem-solving capabilities with good judgment and commitment to delivering results

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a globally recognised company that values teamwork and collaboration. They are committed to providing high quality, solution-oriented and cost-effective legal services. They foster an ethic and compliance culture within the company and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment.

What's next:

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now!

Apply today by clicking on the link!

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

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Legal

Focus: In-house Legal

Industry: FMCG

Salary: Attractive package

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Mid Management

Location: Ho Chi Minh City

Job Reference: HBRCKQ-B3A032D8

Date posted: 3 February 2025

Consultant: Silvia Quirino

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