Legal Counsel, Consultant

Location: Hochiminh City
Functions: Legal
Role: Individual Contributor

Position Objective:
This position will be primarily in charge for many legal aspects of Assigned Business Lines, i.e. Customer Office (operations) and Litigation, TDAs/IT related, PR, Marketing and Sale Promotion Programs (the “Assigned Business Lines”) by providing legal advisory services to the management, business, and relevant support functions to ensure business stakeholders in managing legal risks which are in line with the company’s internal policies and procedures and local legislations in appropriate manners while business supports are adhered for a sustainable growth.

Roles & Responsibilities:
1. Legal advisory services on the Assigned Business Lines (50%)
- Act as the primary senior legal counsel for the Assigned Business Lines;
- Review, update and advise the management, Line Manager, business and support functions local regulatory developments, market best practices/developments and internal policies and procedures on the Assigned Business Lines;
- Provide legal advisory services to the management, business and support functions in responding legal related inquiries, projects implementations with in-depth analysis and commercial oriented solutions;
- Review and amend contractual documents including participating negotiation process in supporting business (where required) to ensure the mitigation of legal risks while business objectives can be satisfactory by considering practical and commercial solutions;
- Liaise and correspond with Group Legal and external counsels in dealing with related legal matters.

2. Dispute and litigation handling (30%)
- Act as the company’s representative for legal disputes and litigations regarding the Assigned Business Lines;
- Engage in and provide solid legal advices to the management, business and support functions in dealing disputes and litigation;
- Liase with local courts and enforcement agencies, subject to the assignment by Line Manager, for litigation handling.

3. Training and development (10%)
- Develop and deliver legal related training programs to business, support functions and Local Legal on the Assigned Business Lines;
- Review and advise training programs and material being drafted by business or support functions for the Assigned Business Lines;
- Implement ad-hoc training programs to business and support functions.

4. Other assignments (10%)
- Lead and drive legal projects and audit related matters;
- Work on the review and develop legal related policies and guideline;
- Other assignments by Line Manager from time to time.