Head Legal Counsel SEA & India

Responsibilities:

• you will act as a professional legal advisor, trusted governance counsellor and reliable business partner including legal support to various business stakeholders in achieving the targets and managing organizational risks.
• You will be working in a fast-paced and ever-changing business and legal environment. 
• Therefore, you need to be willing to adapt and also capable of driving change.
• You will negotiate complex agreements, analyze risks and render practical/solutions-oriented advice in a wide variety of matters relating to distribution, sourcing, procurement, supply chain, ecommerce, digital connectivity, leasing, product liability, marketing/advertising claims, dispute resolution, data privacy, anti-bribery and consumer experience. 
• You will work in close cooperation with several business units and other staff functions. 
• As we are a truly international company, this may as well involve our other legal teams across the world. 
• You will manage contacts with external parties such as law firms and authorities.  
• You are available for travel to the various offices in Southeast Asia & India on a need-to basis. 

Requirements:

• Be qualified to practice law in Singapore or any country in Southeast Asia
• A proven track record in working with general commercial matters (at least eight years) within an international environment such as reputable business law firm and/or as an in-house counsel at a multinational company.
• Experience from working in a direct to consumer or ecommerce environment is desired but not a requirement.
• Fluent in English and one other language in Southeast Asia. 

Critical Competencies – must have:

• Analytical - With an eye for detail and the ability to interpret complex data. A passion for analyzing data and making business conclusions and recommendations.
• Agile - Both reactive and proactive, you work efficiently and flexibly, to deliver results. A fast thinker with ability to pick up and treat new information rapidly.
• Expert - You not only know your area of expertise, but you are also passionate about it and understand how it can enable and support people to work better and achieve more.
• Change Agent - You adapt flexibly to new market requirements, develop new approaches and shape our processes.
• Collaborative - You build networks and trust, good working relationships and apply your influence to shape change.  
• Communicative - Whether face-to-face, video-call or on the phone, you can communicate plans and articulate your ideas with colleagues at all levels and from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Influential - You know your stuff and can articulate it well, building a case that’s sound and people can buy into.
• Organized - You are able to keep calm under pressure, set the pace and the priorities, work within tight timelines and then you bring a methodical approach to meeting your goals. 
• Tenacious - Your work is precise, and you continuously strive to reach ambitious goals.