Legal Counsel

JOB SUMMARY

To contribute to the sustainable development of teh corporation in Vietnam, the Legal Counsel will be in charge of all legal perspectives of corporation, including but not limited to, providing legal advice, drafting and reviewing contracts, ensuring all licenses and permits are in order for operation, implementing and maintaining an effective compliance framework in line with the global compliance and local applicable regulations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES

• Legal advisory:

- Check and provide the legal advice to relevant departments and BUs for daily operation issues.

- Advise the local management team in legal related issues.

• Contract management:

- Draft, review operational contracts, agreements, transactions and activities in compliance with the Vietnamese laws and relevant applicable regulations and company policies.

- Check and support departments in negotiation with supplier’s proposal.

- Coordinate with regional teams to review complicated contracts and other agreements (if requested).

- Develop formats/templates for various types of agreement.

• Licenses and Permits:

- Obtain and keep track of all mandatory licenses, permits for operating in Vietnam as assigned by Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Director.

- Check and advise all required conditions, license and permits for new model/ strategies of all BUs in Vietnam.

- Prepare the e-keeping system for tracking license and permits status.

- Closely work with law firm to monitor the licensing status (if requested by Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Director).

• Corporate governance: Prepare and implement the corporate governance in the company to be in line with the global strategy; prepare the power delegation to all key positions as assigned by Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Director.

• Compliance:

- Review the company’s code of conduct, policies, SOP’s and other relevant standards as Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Director.

- Implement and maintain an effective compliance framework in line with the global compliance and local applicable regulations.

• Training:

- Study, coordinate with local teams to draft the platform of Legal Update for improving the legal awareness of departments/ BUs.

- Train, guide/advise, and control employees in compliance with the local regulation and company’s requirements and standards.

- Guide Junior Legal Counsel and Legal Secretary/Assistant (if any) ensure their work schedule, output and quality in good order and condition.

• Report:

- Coordinate to prepare the monthly legal report as well as the updated production projects status to report to Legal Director and regional Legal Team; and present the report if needed.

• Other tasks as assigned by the Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Director.