International company is seeking a Legal Counsel responsible for managing company’s contract management/administration, legal compliance, legal dispute management, corporate laws, and internal control activities. This position also liaisons office function for company’s head office and provides regional support functions in relation to legal work.
- Manage Legal Assistance- by providing secretarial and administrative duties; by preparing legal documents, contracts, briefs and general correspondence; by managing Corporation laws related work (including secretariat for stockholders’ meeting and Board of Directors) and making proper record keeping; and by maintaining files and schedules.
- Manage Contract Administration; by reviewing, creating and providing advice on contracts; by overseeing the specific mandates in a contract and make sure that all parties involved fulfill obligations to which they agreed; by knowing the ins and outs of a contract and ensuring all sides adhere to its specific terms, conditions, rights and obligations; by coordinating any changes that may transpire, and to make sure that those changes are agreed upon by all involved; by completing a closeout process to ensure that the contract has been ended in an appropriate manner when the contract has been fulfilled; and by making proper record
- Manage Legal Compliance; by coordinating in the area of legal dispute management (including legal claims and lawsuits); by leading in the development and implementation of compliance programs (including antitrust laws, but excluding product specific laws compliance such as TSCA, FDA, DOT, OSHA, and CBP) for the organization; by monitoring other audit activities such as J-SOX Self-Assessment as Company-Level Control as directed; and by hosting applicable compliance seminars
- Manage Internal Control Activities; by leading in managing corporate management such as but not limited to Decision Making System Management, Company Organization Management and Company Policy Management; by managing head office’s Internal Control Audit (every 3-4 year) & self-evaluation report (each year) & Managing company’s Internal Control Audit (self-evaluation sheet); and by supporting GMs to carryout out the PDCA cycle of Risk Management
- Plan and Implement Team’s management goal and budget
- Others: by liaising office function for Head Office business including collecting information relevant to legal matters; and by supporting regional support function in relation to legal work
Qualifications
- Attorney at law in any state of US (NY is preferable)
- LLM or JD degree
- 5+yrs experience in law firm
- Strong communications skills both verbal and written
- Proficient in PC
- Open to business travel
