Legal Counsel

Our client is a beverage firm that provides a wide rage of products for local tastes.

Report to: Legal Manager

Role: The Legal Counsel is responsible for leading and planning all regulatory and legal-related affairs of contracts, registration process and ad-hoc issues to ensure the smooth and responsive business operations via legal regulation compliance of requirements from internal and external parties.

Accountabilities:
1. Legal registration process
• Advise on the appropriate legal procedures to change the company name, scope of business...
• Co-ordinate in legal registration process of company/ branches/ offices/ plants.
• Involve in the expansion of the company’s business (M&A projects)
• Support the registration/renew of ownership for buildings, plants...
• Facilitate legal requirements necessary for import/ export process and procedure.

2. Legal protection and compliance
• Build the following legal compliance programs which will be assessed by the company annually
+ Corporation law – (MC meetings, charter, transactions with related persons, compliance with
business lines...)
+ Foreign Investment law (compliance of investment conditions; any related business permits
required; any related business conditions required...)
• Support trademark and competition lawyers in IP and competition matters.

3. Other
• Provide research & guidance on changes in local laws and implications
• Involve in the discussion with the related governments and maintain relationship with authorities and government agencies for support and positive response when being challenged.
• Maintain the statutory minutes, resolutions.
• Prepare/ review official letters/ reports/ explanations to the government authorities.

• Law graduate, lawyer certificate is highly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge about corporate law and investment procedures
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Proactive, able to work effectively in a team and independently under high pressure and tight deadlines
• Excellent watching and logical abilities
• Good teamwork and customer service attitude
• Good English writing skill, good computer skill

Please submit your updated CV to [email protected] or directly contact Ms.Trang at (08) 3910 1126 - Ext: 102