Responsibilities:
- Scrutinize and review major investments and legal risk containment in projects such as mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring, as well as for all contracting requirements for day-to-day business.
- Liaise with business units on governance and compliance (including anti-bribery/corruption) issues under the prevailing framework and standing guidelines.
- Assess the impact of new/amended regulations on the business and present to the managements appropriate steps that may be taken in countering the impact and/meeting legal requirements.
- Participate actively in front line negotiations and interface with customers, business partners, suppliers, contractors etc.
- Work with HQ teams i.e. Legal, Finance, Business Development, Procurement and other corporate services units in identifying, mitigating and managing legal and compliance risks on activities, businesses and projects.
- Understand, implement and monitor compliance with corporate policies and principles of good corporate governance.
- Understanding the commercial objectives, strategy, pressure points of the business, reasonable operational knowledge with a view to identifying and assessing the risks and legal issues involved, and effectively communicating this to the business unit or project team to enable them to make well-informed business decisions.
- Assess transactions and agreements to identify legal risks in transactions/agreements and provide advice and recommendations to the business unit to enable them to make informed commercial decisions.
- Acting as a liaison with external counsel, regulators, and other stakeholders to ensure the
- Company's legal and regulatory obligations are met.
- Represent the Company in the litigation and other legal procedures involving the Company where necessary.
- Supporting the rollout of all compliance related policies initiated by the Group Legal and Group Ethics & Compliance function (including assistance with the preparation of, and (if required) conduct of, training to the local Vietnam business unit and its employees) , and perform active monitoring of the requirements, and deliverables, including regular reporting.
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Laws (or equivalent) and admitted as a lawyer in Vietnam/qualified to practice Vietnamese law.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant legal working experience. Experience working in real estate industry and working with an international multi-national company would be an advantage
- Native Vietnamese speaker. Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken)
- Good knowledge of commercial law especially the land law , the law on enterprises, the law on investment. Knowledge and experience with cross border transactions would be an advantage.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
- Strong problem solving, organizational and analytical skills
- Possess utmost integrity and honesty, have a flair for legal work