Legal Manager, eLawyer, Nov 08

Our client is a multinational conglomerate with business interests in retailing, travel and leisure, luxury products, interactive marketing, technology, financial services, corporate investments, training and education, business consulting, and logistics.

They were established in 1998, has regional offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Our client, through its subsidiaries and associate companies, has a presence in nearly 30 countries, including an operational headquarters in Malaysia, a marketing and product development team based in Thailand, a telecommunications arm in the United Kingdom and substantial investments in India and Sri Lanka.

With over 1,000 employees, through its various businesses has a global customer base of over three million and spans nearly 160 countries.

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Job vacancy: Legal Manager, Selangor, Malaysia

Responsibilities:

To be person in-charge of the legal department and its daily operations for the company and its associated companies with worldwide presence.
To advise MD, MD Office and its Management Team of the potential or prevailing risk exposure from legal point of view and to timely recommend an appropriate course of action/s to be instituted in the interest of the company or its associated companies.
To set-up appropriate mechanism to actively regulate/monitor/scan potential or imminent inherited risk and exposure from legal aspects of the global business operations of the company and its associated companies.
To work closely with the company’s appointed local legal counsel in all countries of interests.
To be the chief liaison officer in representing the company to all external parties e.g., government officials, regulatory, agency, and etc on all legal and associated matters.
To assist/advise/recommend solution/s to other functional departments within the company e.g., Marketing, Operations or Finance depts. especially on matter pertaining to legality, regulatory and statutory requirements of specific locality for new business venture as well as current business operations.
To immediately inform/report back to Managing Director or its office personnel in-charge of any new challenges any where as it triggers or arises on real time basis.
To set up a recording/filing system with proper segregation according to case type, progress status, datelines and etc.
To set up template/guideline on SOP framework for new markets/ SOP of specific country/region and etc for business risk and exposure scanning, monitoring and implementation.
To make proper application and follow ups on all business requirement from legality point of view such as license, permit, companies Acts, statutory and regulatory constraints on foreign shareholding ship, directorship and financial repatriation, custom duties, taxes and etc.

Requirements

University degree, ideally, in Law related field.
Qualified lawyer and Membership of the bar of a recognized legal jurisdiction.
Minimum of 5 years work experience at senior consultant level with corporate consulting exposure preferably in multi-level marketing environment.
Must be fluent in written and spoken English & Malay and advantageous for those who are able to speak other major language e.g., Spanish, German and etc.
Mature and compose with sound management skill in handling ad-hoc ground challenges and its subset of complications.
Knowledgeable and competent with prominent legal frameworks and practices on global scale.
A common sense approach to work in a legal environment.
Ability to advise and assist company executives in negotiation, drafting and implementation of documentation.
Good Commercial knowledge.
Proficient in drafting various types of contracts, and negotiating and liaising directly with the Group clients, independent representatives and third parties.
Good business knowledge and ability to work with senior management on multiple legal issues.
Good interpersonal skills coupled with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Mature, firm and confident.
Must be able to work independently and at the same time be a good team player.
Must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast moving and high pressure environment.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize work essential.
Willing to travel at short notice.
Applicants should be Malaysian citizens or hold relevant residence status.