Director - Corporate Legal Counsel (Korean-speaking)

1 day ago

Singapore Infineon Technologies Full time

We are seeking a Corporate Legal Counsel fluent in Korean, initially based in Singapore, with relocation to South Korea. Are you ready to take on a challenging role that will put your legal expertise to the test? As our newest team member, you'll be responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice on a range of topics, including sales, marketing, distribution, procurement, real estate, and labour law matters in Korea. If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to have you on board

In your new role you will:

- Primarily responsible for **agreements/legal advice in sales/marketing/distribution **, **procurement, real estate and labour law in Korea**:

- Primary point of contact for **Compliance-related matters/processes **in Korea & responsible to ensure conformance to compliance-relevant laws/regulations/rules/guidelines (statutory and internal)
- Provide **legal & compliance training **in Korean language to relevant business stakeholders
- **Support agreements/legal advice **in other countries in AP region(sales/marketing/distribution, procurement, real estate, labour law,intellectual property, data protection, corporate secretarial, M&A/JVs,post-mergers integrations, as assigned)

You are best equipped for this task if you have:

- **Qualified as a lawyer in South Korea**:

- Fluency in English & Korean languages are required
- **8-10 years relevant professional experience **, of which 3 years must be in-house, and significant experience of working with Korean customers/suppliers/partners is required.
- Legal skills: Strong understanding of commercially-related legal principles and concepts and good standard of contract drafting skills and commercial negotiation skills are required. Must be able to organize and explain risk/liability concepts and issues, or statutory requirements, to business stakeholders. Working knowledge of compliance/antitrust and labour laws in Korea is also required.Knowledge/experience in other legal areas (eg. corporate secretarial,IP, litigation or M&A) is an advantage.
- Business/commercial/soft skills: Must have initiative, commercial acumen, and have a deep understanding of contractual/governance risksand concerns and be able to balance those with business needs and strategic decisions. Must have good analytical, client-oriented and communication skills and be able to handle medium to complex legal questions in commercial legal topics.

Our site in Korea is located in Seoul and incorporates both Sales & Marketing as well as Central Functions.

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