Position Overview
The Legal Counsel is an executive role tasked with overseeing the company's legal operations and corporate affairs. Responsibilities include assessing and mitigating legal risks, handling legal documentation, managing corporate secretarial duties, and offering insights and recommendations to guide business decisions.
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 and Key Competencies
- A degree in Law, a postgraduate diploma, professional legal licensure, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in legal functions, with a strong foundation in business and corporate law.
- Excellent leadership, organisational, and management skills, paired with strong interpersonal abilities.
- Fluency in English and Mandarin, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
- Results-driven, capable of working independently with minimal supervision, and eager to take on growing responsibilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) with advanced computer literacy.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, small, start-up-like environment where tasks and responsibilities frequently evolve.
- Adept at operating in multicultural settings, demonstrating high autonomy while maintaining a strong team-oriented approach.
