Regional Counsel, APAC

To be a highly effective business partner to the members of the leadership team based in APAC by providing strategic legal recommendations and implementation, using a solutions focused mindset to balance the management of risk and compliance with the requirement for a commercial and profitable business.

Requirements

• Hands-on in-house corporate experience of managing complex legal issues in a multi-faceted and demanding business environment.
• Generalist with broad experience (including experience with advising on data protection and corporate responsibility) who relishes the commercial and operational aspects of business.
• Solutions focused mindset, able to assess the risk and provide pragmatic options with appropriate mitigation to support a commercial output
• Experience advising senior executives on managing proprietary business risk
• Experience of mentoring and guiding more junior team members and intervening where escalation is requested or required.
• Exposure to international operations (with emphasis in APAC strongly preferred).
• Demonstrate ability to interact with all levels of a fascinating and highly complex business and understand its fundamental drivers, including different types of risks the business may face.
• Excellent writing skills, including an ability to explain legal concepts in plain English.
• Robust negotiator with the ability to persuade and convince and the facility to switch between commercial and technical arguments. Must be able to exploit and engage with arguments applicable to common law and civil code jurisdictions.
• Diligent and conscientious, with strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail, while understanding the commercial context behind an assignment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of all categories of risk – prioritizing business imperatives without jeopardizing the integrity of the organization and its employees or putting it at legal risk. Must have practical grasp of / willingness to engage in all areas of law impacting the day-today operations of a global professional services business, including tax, employment, IP, data privacy etc

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance