International company is seeking a Legal Specialist responsible for supporting company’s contract management/administration, legal compliance, legal dispute management, corporate laws, and internal control activities.
- Support Legal Assistance- by providing secretarial and administrative duties; by preparing briefs and general correspondence; 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
- Support Legal Compliance; by coordinating in the programs (including antitrust laws, but excluding product specific laws compliance such as TSCA, FDA, DOT, OSHA, and CBP) for the organization; and by coordinating applicable compliance seminars.
- Coordinate Internal Control Activities; by supporting corporate management such as but not limited to Decision Making System Management, Company Organization Management and Company Policy Management; by assisting in coordinating 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
- 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
- 3+yrs related experience
- In-house lawyer a plus
- Strong communications skills both verbal and written
- Proficient in PC
- Open to business travel