Want to join one of Germany’s biggest companies in the DAX? We are the world’s largest chemical distributor and we are HIRING! If you are curious, inspirational, competent, well presented and with unwavering diligence – THIS IS FOR YOU!
Brenntag, the world’s largest & leading full-line chemical distributor with a market cap of EUR11 billion is seeking a highly-motivated Regional Counsel to join its APAC Legal Team (Reporting to APAC Head of Legal) – YOU will play a crucial role in shaping the legal landscape of our organization regionally and YOU will be the go-to partner for all legal-related issues within your assigned countries and business units.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- To provide legal strategic support to cross-functional stakeholders in Asia-Pacific.
- A team player with a can-do attitude who can work independently
- Experience in corporate commercial and contract review and management work:
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts in local language and legal documents (both commercial and non-commercial). Candidates with experience in reviewing procurement and supply contracts and experience in dispute resolution are preferred;
- Working with the senior regional counsel on local and regional high value contracts; ensuring all contracts accurately reflect commercial decisions, and are in compliance with all applicable laws;
- Ensuring contracts are executed in compliance with company policies on internal corporate approvals;
- Appointing and liaising with external counsels to streamline non-tax litigations involving the Company and submitting quarterly reports on litigation status; and
- Familiarity with competition laws in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Providing legal advice relating to employment matters and be a trusted partner to the human resources department;
- Implementing Brenntag APAC legal and compliance policies and guidelines and conducting necessary trainings as instructed by the Brenntag APAC legal department;
- Enabling proper and coherent communication between regional legal and local commercial for alignment of goals and objectives;
- Providing support to and reporting to Brenntag APAC Head of Legal.
Job Requirement/Specification:
Education: Bachelor of Laws Degree (minimum) from a top-tier university. Overseas qualifications from a tier 1 university is a plus.
Qualifications: Holder of a valid Attorney/ Legal Practitioner License in a Common Law jurisdiction.
Language: Excellent command of the English. Ability to communicate in Mandarin is a plus.
Experiences / Requirements: At least 7 years of post-qualification experience, with solid training in private practice (dispute resolution and commercial law). In-house experience in an MNC is an added advantage;
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects under strict deadlines and ability to multi-task and handle highly confidential information;
- Ability to work independently without daily supervision;
- Solid technical competencies in general corporate and commercial law, contract law, intellectual property law, with excellent drafting skills;
- Demonstrated enthusiasm and willingness to learn;
- Diligent, meticulous, detail oriented, and analytical, with ability to exercise judgment to identify and escalate issues;
- Experienced in managing external corporate secretarial service providers and external counsel.
- Self-starter with strong project management, analytical and organizational skills;
- Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to effectively work with various departments and business units within Brenntag;
- Commitment to high ethical standards with superb business acumen;
- Superior communication skills required with the ability to clearly and diplomatically articulate issues, solutions and rationale; and
- Strong personality with the ability to implement proper chain of approvals before signing of contracts.
- Outstanding stakeholder management – diplomatic yet firm.
