Title:  Assistant Legal Counsel

Job Summary

Supervise and execute the resolution of all country in-house legal matters as part of the function's legal management role

General Responsibilities

• Support superior in managing day-to-day operating expenditures against operating budgets to ensure efficient usage of resources
• Support the management of country legal matters/documentations and resolution of legal matters related to governance/compliance/code of business ethics/corporate social responsibility, etc.
• Advise the country on basic corporate/commercial/contract laws, etc. and non-complex legal issues to manage business legal implications
• Coordinate and implement due diligence processes and activities within the country to enforce a structured approach to legal management
• Manage the country's filing of cases/lawsuits and interactions with external legal counsels to facilitate efficient management of litigations/arbitrations
• Conduct fact-finding and report legal risks. Support in the preparation of reports and analyses to report on legal risks from a country perspective
• Execute country legal/​compliance projects to ensure areas needing change and improvement are acted upon
• Support internal stakeholders on non-complex legal matters. Gain better understanding of financial, tax, compliance processes, etc. to enhance the quality of legal advice given
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with external legal advisors/legal community to keep up-to-date with laws, regulations and best practices

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrate good working knowledge and understanding of the business and industry
• Demonstrate good working knowledge of corporate law, contract and commercial law, including country-specific laws
• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken. Proficiency in any other language is an additional asset
• Demonstrate appreciation and respect for cultural sensitivities especially in cross-country/culture interactions
• Demonstrate ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information with integrity
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrate knowledge of adaptation of the law within the cultural/legal framework of countries

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Law 
• Admission to Bar