Vice President

6 years exp

**Roles & Responsibilities**

Reporting to the Group General Counsel, provides sophisticated legal and strategic advice to the APAC Senior Vice President and other high-level senior managers of the Company.

Provides leadership and advice on all significant commercial activities to shape, foster, and preserve the Company’s business plans and strategy.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Accountable for developing, adapting, and executing legal and commercial strategies to achieve key business objectives
- Provides strategic legal and commercial input to drive financial results and to meet the Company’s financial obligations
- Leads, mentors, and manages direct reports located in the APAC region
- Negotiates all major commercial transactions, strategically important sales efforts, and significant commercial disputes
- Leads all legal diligence activities and negotiations and shapes acquisition/divestiture strategy as a core and guiding member of Jet Aviation’s Merger & Acquisition team
- Oversees and sets all litigation strategy and key settlement negotiations, often as the lead negotiator
- As the Senior Regional legal support function leader, guides interactions between Jet Aviation and the Company’s parent, General Dynamics, with respect to its internal and external audit functions
- Conducts negotiation efforts with airport authorities and environmental organizations on large-scale FBO expansion and bidding initiatives
- With the aid of outside counsel, provides legal counsel and strategic advice on all APAC regional employment issues, union avoidance initiatives, and labor disputes involving organized labor
- Provides business and legal judgment on the advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuits

**Requirements**:

- A US Juris Doctorate degree or a qualified APAC/European legal equivalent from a well-regarded, accredited law school
- A four-year Bachelor degree from a well-regarded, accredited college or university
- Active member of a US Bar Association, or APAC/European equivalent, with the ability to practice law and argue cases in court
- Minimum of 6+ years of high-stakes legal experience at a law firm or similar in-house role
- Natural ability to easily engage with, and provide strategic advice to, the APAC Senior Vice President
- Natural ability to lead, persuade, and inspire team members and colleagues
- Exceptional litigation and/or negotiation skills
- Ability to thrive in high pressure situations and to be commercially-oriented
- The highest level of analytical skills and propensity to take a team-based approach
- Ability to thrive in a fast-pace commercial environment
- Willingness to travel when needed to our various worldwide locations
- Expertise in commercial transactions and related negotiations
- Exceptional communication and social skills
- Position will be based at our offices in Singapore

Jet Aviation is one of the leading aircraft sales and integrated aviation solutions provider in Asia, Pacific and the Middle East and is one of the largest independent companies of its type in the region. HJet Aviation represents some of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, including Beechcraft, Bell Helicopter, Diamond Aircraft and Mahindra Aerospace and actively trades used aircraft around the globe.

Jet Aviation’s product support activities include MRO, structural modification and support services to a wide range of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Other services include aircraft and engine maintenance, repair and overhaul, special mission aircraft modifications, design engineering, avionics parts and service.

Jet Aviation is also Asia Pacific's premier fixed base operator (FBO) with a network of facilities in Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Singapore, Perth, Shanghai and Malaysia.

Jet Aviation holds the highest certification levels and accreditations including CASA, EASA and FAA certification, ISO 9001 Bureau Veritas accreditation, plus OEM customer / airworthiness approvals by 26 major global suppliers and civil and military regulatory authorities. These set the company apart from most others operating in the region, giving it a capacity to deliver complex special mission modifications for both civil and military customers.