Position Overview
The Legal Counsel is an executive position responsible for managing the legal activities and corporate affairs matters of the company. The duties include evaluation and managing legal risk, managing legal documentations, managing corporate secretarial matters, provide highlights and recommendations for business actions.
Responsibilities:
Legal Advisory
- Understand business objectives and explain legal risks to management
- Help management make informed decisions using both business and legal analysis
- Review agreements and participate in discussions with external parties
- Prepare and draft agreements for management approval
- Handle all company legal matters, including managing difficult client situations
- Create procedures for legal functions
- Research laws and regulations, assess risks of agreements with different governing laws, and stay updated on legislation changes
- Support various projects from risk management and legal perspectives
Operational Support
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts (client, distributor, service agreements)
- Advise management on legal and regulatory risks, particularly FDA regulations for medical devices
- Develop strategies to make negotiations more efficient
- Help clients understand rules for importing medical equipment
- Assist clients in resolving medical device import problems
- Support the operations team with legal documentation to reduce risks
- Help the finance team with international financial matters (exchange rates, taxes, payments)
Administrative Support
- Create strategies to prevent court cases against the company
- Assist HR with employment issues and labor law compliance
- Conduct training on risk management, compliance, ethical conduct, and contract management
Corporate Governance
- Advise the board and management on governance matters
- Ensure compliance with company constitution and local regulations
- Work with corporate secretary to meet regulatory requirements
- Organize board meetings and documentation
- Maintain corporate records and information
- Manage corporate agreements for directors and shareholders
- Review company setup requirements in different jurisdictions
- Serve as primary contact for governance matters
- Identify and implement operational improvements
Qualifications
- A Degree in Law, Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional License Holder, or any related field.
- At least 3 years experience in legal functions.
- Strong business and corporate law knowledge.
- Good management skills
- Fluent English and Mandarin with excellent writing and verbal communication skills
- Result oriented, can work with minimal supervision, and willing to assume increasing levels of responsibilities.
- Computer literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, etc..)
- Strong organisational and leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal skill.
Key Competencies
- Good leadership, organisational and management skills
- Fluent English and Mandarin with excellent writing and verbal communication skills
- Result oriented, can work with minimal supervision, and willing to assume increasing levels of responsibilities.
- Computer literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, etc.)
- At ease in working in a small structure, start-up-type, where tasks and responsibilities are in constant move.
- Able to operate in a multicultural environment.
- High level of autonomy at work, yet with profound team-spirit
