Regional Legal Counsel Posting Date : 23 Sep 2024 | Close Date :22 Dec 2024 Responsibilities:1.
Legal Function Understand the objectives of the business and communicate the risks and legal issues involved in any decision to management.Assist the management to make informed choices and decisions based on both commercial and legal analysis.Review agreements and attend discussions with external parties when necessary.Prepare and draft agreements as required for management's review and approval.Attending to all legal matters of the company, including attending to meeting with difficult clients to clarify outstanding issues and minimize the risks of on-going issues.Prepare operating procedures for legal functions.Research laws & regulations, looking into the risks of entering agreements with diverse governing laws and constantly maintain updated knowledge of any changes in the legislation affecting the business activities of the Company.Support various projects from the viewpoints of risk management & legal, including start-up of new subsidiaries and establishment of legal entities.2.
Operational Support, including Logistics: Directly draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including client, distributor and distribution and service agreements, quality agreements and clinical trial and research agreements, among others to ensure agreements meet management/corporate objectives.Advise, counsel and report to management on general legal and regulatory risks, including with respect to FDA regulations and other regulations specific to Medical Device companies, such as Anti-Kickback.Create strategies to shorten the negotiating process and make changes and clarifications to the earlier model agreements that are the subject of ongoing negotiations.Assisting clients (manufacturers and distributors) in comprehending the territorial rules that apply to the importation of medical equipment.Assisting clients (Manufacturers and Distributors) in resolving problems associated with the importation of medical devices to smoothen internal operational processes.Facilitating the operations team create the relevant letters and contracts to reduce the risks that the operation team members must take on understanding how importation and logistics operate legally.Hold the role to protect company from legal standpoint in communications and meetings with clients in dispute matters.
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Finance Support: Keep up to date the knowledge of business finances and foreign laws regarding exchange rates, taxes, payment concerns, etc.Respond to clients' queries on finances queries pertaining to the contractAdvise internal team on legal queries, actions to take or legal standpoint when support is needed in dispute or clarifications circumstancesBe well-versed in company laws, including but not limited to, taxes, intercompany transactions and relations and its related legal mattersWork with the team on finance related updates such as drafting or amendment of contractsAssist the team on issuing legal letters or other documents to internal employees, government agencies, suppliers, clients or any parties where required.4.
Administrative Support: Work with all internal teams on a regular basis to review contracts and improve processes and practices to protect the companiesRevise strategies for red-flag issues to prevent the matters from going for court case and being litigated.Assisting the HR team with employment issues by drafting a revised employment contract and being familiar with the labour laws of each site, including Collaborating with management to devise efficient defense strategies against employment dispute without referring to external counsels.Prepare and execute various trainings to educate and improve understandings and compliance awareness for internal departments such as risk management & regulatory compliance, ethical conduct, anti-fraud, anti-corruption, contract management, protection of personal data, etc..Attend meetings with clients, including dispute matters to provide legal standing and rights of the company Qualifications A Degree in Law, Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional License Holder, or any related field.At least 5 years' experience in legal functions.
Key Competencies Strong business and corporate law knowledge.Good leadership, organizational and management skills.Fluent English with excellent comprehension, writing and verbal communication skills.
Fluency in other languages such as Mandarin would be added advantage.
Well verse in legal structure of international environment, particularly in APAC region, would be a good advantage.Proactive in seeking and learning information of unfamiliar territorial.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 with strong interpersonal skill.Resolve queries or issues in a timely manner.High level of autonomy at work and able to solve problems or provide solutions, yet with profound team-spirit.
Sub Specialization : Administration;Others Type of Employment : Permanent Minimum Experience : 3 Years Work Location : Penang If you encounter difficulties, please click here for technical assistance.
