Description

1. Legal advice: (independently take charge up to 70%)

• Conduct  complex  legal  research  and  investigation  of  claims  and  defenses;  develop  oral  and  written advice  and  present  recommendations  to  supply chain and operation.

• Provide  legal  counsel  and  advice  on  a  broad  range  of  legal  topics  for supply chain and operation to  include  international commercial law, import and export laws, incoterms, laws on customer protection, etc.

• Anticipate and mitigate potential legal issues and develop strategies/ initiatives to avoid costly litigation actions and reduce potential area of risks.

• Keep abreast of legislative changes.

2. Legal Compliance: (independently take charge up to 70%)

• Support to develop policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and simplicity execution. As appropriate, contribute to or influence company policies and support in developing innovative solutions for difficult, complex, and systemic problems.

• Monitor transaction compliance ensuring LOIs/contracts/ legal documents are signed within the agreed timeline and due process.

• Monitor possible areas of compliance risks and implement corrective action plans for resolution of current and potential risk.

• Provide and interpret legal regulation, conduct training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to relevant departments.

3. Contract management:

3.1 Contract Drafting, evaluating and negotiating:  (independently take charge to 70%)

• Standardize template of contract/agreement/LOI and other legal documents tailored to each specific business activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of contract review Monitor competitive terms. Monitor customer satisfaction with our terms and conditions and contracting practices. Recommend changes.

• Analyze actual practice and potential risk to adjust the terms to make it suitable while still protects company at the best.

• Negotiate and advise on contractual matters or other business transactions for critical deal.

3.2 Contract reviewing/approving:

• Approve the contracts/annexes/LOI up to 2B VND (independently take charge up to 100%).

• Conduct the preliminary review of the remaining contracts. (Independently take charge to 70%).

3.3 Contract point: (independently take charge up to 100%)

• Attend weekly project meeting or other meetings to serve as the contact point for contractual matters.

• Guide on contracting guidelines or legal templates to support other departments/functions to follow the legal process. 

4. Others:

• Legal innovation. (Independently take charge to 60%).

• Review and conduct (where necessary) the translation work (Independently take charge up to 100%).

• Support to provide training to other business teams related to assigned job. (Independently take charge up to 70%).

• Other jobs as assigned by LM.

Qualifications

- Be qualified as a lawyer in Vietnam with good academic credentials and lawyer practicing certificate;

- Have at least 6 years’ relevant professional experience preferably as a lawyer in private practice or in a similar role working at MNC.

- Good command of spoken and written English and Vietnamese. IELTS overall band 6.5 or equivalent.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Word and PowerPoint. 

- Being proactive, strong teamwork, customer service spirit and commercial oriented.

- Good communication and interpersonal skills across all levels of the organization and well-organization skill 

- Be able to manage multiple priorities, work efficiently under pressure and consistently meet tight deadlines.