Legal Counsel

**About the Company**

Headquartered in Singapore, the client has Tobacco products manufacturing plants in Poland, Indonesia, and several Research and Developments Labs. It is devoted to delivering world-class quality Tobacco products through R&D and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

**About the role**

Part A: Key Deliverables / About the role

Qualified Legal Counsel to oversee the legal aspects for a group of businesses. You will safeguard our reputation by guaranteeing that the company strictly follows law guidelines and give legal advice to the board/Corporate management about all relevant issues.

**Part B: Responsibilities and Duties**
- Provide accurate and timely counsel to corporate management team in a variety of legal related matters
Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance.
- Review / provide accurate and timely counsel to the legal team (Executives/Administrators) in a variety of legal related issues such as copyrights, patent, labour law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance, tenancy agreement/contracting, confidentiality agreements etc.
- Draft all transactional documents associated with dispositions and financing.
- Review, communicate and negotiate with external parties (notary, regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust, patent, copyrights, trademarks and its related.
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the companys full legal rights
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to the board, HODs, management internally
- Collaborate with Operations, Finance, HR Marketing departments and Professional Development to assure legal adherence for all transaction relating to legal rights including special projects.
- Collaborate with external counsel to defend organizations rights in contract settlements, negotiations and litigation related matters for the group of businesses
- Perform cross-functionally / organization to manage different projects and execution of new initiatives.
- Work closely with HODs / cross function teams such as R&D on trademark/patents related.
- Identify risks along with propose alternative structures to reduce risks involved in prospective transactions.
- Resolves legal matters including managing disputes with third party, litigation and government enforcement actions
- Oversee IP Portfolio for Trademarks, Patents & IP enforcement for various countries

Part C: Qualifications & Requirements (Education, Experience, Skills, Knowledge, Etc)
- Completed a Bachelor of Law (LLB) undergraduate degree or a Juris Doctor (JD) postgraduate degree. Complete Practical Legal Training (PLT) with combined 5-6 years of education and training.
- Adaptable and a versatile mindset, comfortable working in stressful and fast-paced environment
- Incumbent to be commercially savvy as legal matters often involve multiple stakeholders, different legal issues and, more importantly, often a subset of the business function in an organisation.
- Preferably proven experience / records as a legal counsel in business environment

Part D: Specific Requirements (Mandatory for the role)
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
- Strong knowledge and ability to draft patents, copyrights, trademarks with experience in IP management
- Sound knowledge in regulatory affairs for commercial products within a related space on a regional and/or global context
- Demonstrated ability / past experiences / cases in create legal defensive or proactive strategies
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity with an analytical mind
- Possess logical reasoning and critical thinking