Legal Counsel Asia

Purpose and Mission

• Responsible for providing legal support and guidance to the organizations within business units, region or functions. Ensures that the company complies with regional laws and regulations, mitigates legal risks, and supports business operations with sound legal advice.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

1. General Corporate
   - develop standard contract templates, review, draft and negotiate all kinds of strategic contracts for sale, agency, consulting, and other commercial, joint development and IP clauses and agreements etc.
   - give general legal advice on daily operation of business related to all business units as legal business partner
   - develop and renew legal policies and procedures
   - give trainings on legal policies, contract templates, commercial contracts, etc.
   - team coaching to other members of the legal intern
   - prepare and support the legal reports to senior management
   - Compliance Oversight: Ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and support Compliance Department to ensure the implementation of global compliance program
2. Project lead
   Independently deal with and take the lead from legal perspective in projects with a normal level of complexity, including:
   -  lead from legal perspective M&A and Joint Venture projects or paticipate in global projects from Asia regional legal perspective 
   -  lead from legal perspective the internal reorganizations
   -  analyze deal structure, propose scenarios and options, prepare transactional agreements and documents in project work
   -  team work: work closely and coordinate with other functions and governments to accomplish the project
3. Dispute Resolutions
   -  support the initiation, defense and settlement of claims, litigations and arbitrations with support from external lawyers
   -  work with internal clients and external lawyers on establishing litigation strategy and collecting evidence including external and internal witness
   -  attend court and/or administrating hearing, help external lawyer and internal client enforce favorable court judgement or arbitration award
   -  manage outside counsel and achieve cost saving while maintaining the quality of their service to Bekaert
4. IP protection
   -  give general advice on IP rights protection and enforcement
   -  Monitor and analyze changes in IP laws and regulations, and provide timely updates and recommendations to the company's management. 
   -  Advise on the impact of these changes on the company's business operations and IP strategy, and assist in developing appropriate response measures.
   -  Support IP Department to ensure that IP considerations are integrated into the company's business processes and product development cycles.

Skills

• Be result-driven and capable of independently developing practical solutions
• Strong ability to negotiate with convincing skills
• Fluent in English with excellent communication and writing skills
• Able to work efficiently under the pressure
• Good business sense and capability to develop optimal relationship with colleagues and business leaders
• International interest and value cultural diversity, capability to learn quickly

Previous Experience

• At least 5-6 years of professional experience within an international law firm or first-tier Chinese law firm plus minimum 4-5 years as in-house counsel of a MNC responsible for multi-business units of the MNC.

Qualifications and Education

• Master degree in law in China and overseas prestigious L.L.M. degree is a plus, solid understanding of Chinese legal system, strong legal reasoning and analytic ability