Assistant General Counsel, APAC
Permanent - Full Time RM8,000 - RM18,000 / monthJob Overview
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE
To assist General Counsel-Asia Pac in legal / contract advice and general legal support to Glory Global Solutions Asia Pac offices working with internal and external lawyers and managing contract relationships.
Key Responsibilities
- Contracts - Managing drafting, evaluation, negotiation through to execution including
Non Disclosure Agreements, Sales / Purchasing Agreements, Sub-contracts, review of customer proposed terms and conditions, some translation as required and Distribution Agreements.
- Serves as the legal point of contact for internal and external customers on contractual matters. Act as contractual “middleman” between company employees and customers, ensuring timely review and approval / reconciliation of variations.
- On all standard and nonstandard contracts, provide redlined recommendations and often negotiate directly with customer attorneys or purchasing staff until consensus has been reached.
- Maintain contractual records and documentation such as receipt and control of all contract correspondence, customer contact information sheets, contractual changes, status reports and other documents for all projects.
- Training managers and other employees in contracting practices and procedures, group policies and initiatives.
- Ensure legal compliance in areas including anti-corruption, competition and in line with Group standards
- Monitor compliance by company employees with established procedures. Identify areas of recurrent pressure.
- Work with Finance to ensure adherence to broader finance and risk requirements such as revenue recognition, pricing and discounting policies, export controls etc.
- Support ASIA-PAC Management / Marketing to ensure company products and services are offered with appropriate, competitive terms and conditions.
- Ensure that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant parties to provide contract visibility and awareness, interpretation to support implementation.
- Handle on-going issue and change management
- Monitor transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing etc.)
- Ensure contract close-out, extension or renewal.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- 3-4 years’ experience from major firms / brands and relevant company experience
- Have a broad understanding of all aspects of commercial law, and international experience
- Licensed to practice in India or other countries
- Must have good spoken and written English as a minimum – Japanese would be useful but not required.
- India bar admission.
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills
- Strong character able to defend contractual positioning
- Have excellent negotiation skills
- Have good attention to detail and proven drafting ability
- Confident and articulate
- Strong commercial instincts and the ability to work within a competitively challenging environment
- Able to develop solutions to complex legal questions
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver results
- Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
- Collaborative and pro-active in style