General Counsel

13 hours ago

Singapore OMRON ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD Full time

Responsible for leading and managing all Legal & Risk Management matters in Asia Pacific Region. In addition, the individual is accountable to enhance the group governance and strengthen the compliance/risk management system to support our business strongly and challenge for a better society.

**Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Management
- Implement goal setting for the Risk and Legal Department and evaluate direct report employee’s performance.
- Control and manage the legal budget for APAC.
- Set up and integrate new functions within the risk and legal department if and when required.

Legal Support
- Provide general commercial legal support and advice to senior management and the various business units in Asia Pacific Region.
- Take the lead on all legal, risk, crisis, and contractual matters in the Asia Pacific Region.
- Review and draft contracts and other legal documents (Distributorship Agreement, Purchase Agreement, NDA, legal notice, and others), and negotiate with the other party as needed.
- Research laws & regulations in Asia Pacific Region, including India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Australia, and New Zealand, excluding China, Korea, and Japan (APAC), and provide legal advice in consultation with external law firms case by case.
- Prepare contract formats and guides in response to common practice or demand in each business unit or country and establish and maintain Legal Database for APAC.
- Support in managing and solving litigations and disputes in cooperation with external law firms.

Compliance & Risk Management Support
- Lead investigation on reports from whistle-blowers and other major misconducts by employees.
- Support the establishment of a system for compliance with Personal Data Protection and other applicable regulations.
- Prepare and execute training regarding risk management & compliance, such as ethical conduct, anti-fraud, anti-cartel, anti-corruption, and contract management.
- Draft and arrange guidelines, checklists, and forms related to risk management & compliance.
- Support Risk Analysis and Business Continuity Plans for all entities in APAC.
- Support updates of various risks, including revision of laws and regulations in APAC, and provide the latest information to group companies.
- Conduct annual meetings for Risk Managers from each business unit
- Conduct periodic training on key legal, regulatory, and risk mitigation matters

Project Support
- Support various projects from the viewpoints of risk management & legal, including the start-up of the new business, alliance, establishment of legal entities, and governance projects.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Law or relevant discipline
- Call to the Bar from one of the common law countries in APAC
- 10-12 years of experience in a law firm, legal department or another firm, institution or department handling risk management, including Accounting Firm and HR, IP or Audit department
- Full experience of drafting contracts, rules, legal opinions, notice letters and/or other formal documents
- Experience of due diligence or internal investigation to misconduct
- Experience of dispute solution, such as litigation and customer complaint
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Legal Knowledge & Acumen
- Contract Drafting & Negotiation
- Risk Management & Dispute Resolution
- Team Management
- Customer Focus and business acumen
- Ability to travel within the Asia Pacific and international travel from time to time

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