UK Legal Manager

Changan UK R&D Centre Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse, multinational team

Competitive compensation package

Start-up energy within secure corp.

International collaboration

Job summary

Changan UK R&D Centre Limited is seeking a Legal Manager to independently manage legal and compliance work as the brand launches in the UK. You will establish the UK legal/compliance structure, aligned with Europe and China teams, and lead risk management across contracts, data privacy and employment compliance.

The role requires a hands-on approach to scale the business, with responsibility for relationships with law firms and institutes and for providing UK-specific legal leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in law; LL.M or JD preferred.
• Qualified to practice law in the UK.
• Pass the legal bar examination.
• Several years of related experience; automotive industry experience preferred.
• Excellent legal analytical and problem-solving skills; strong professional responsibility.
• Proficient English; Chinese is a plus.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills for international, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and negotiating various business contracts and formulating/optimizing templates.
• Provide legal support for daily business and report to EU headquarter; implement requirements.
• Handle lawsuits, arbitrations and disputes for the company.
• Set up legal compliance system; focus on data compliance, anti-trust and employment compliance.
• Conduct legal research in the UK and lead compliance training.
• Expand local legal resources by building relationships with law firms and institutes.

Skills

Legal analysis

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem-solving

Attention to compliance

Education

LL.M or JD preferred

UK law degree or UK law school graduate

Bar examination passed

Job description

About the Role

About the Role As a Legal Manager, you will be responsible for managing the company's legal and compliance work independently to support the launch of the Changan brand in the UK.

This role requires a hands-on approach as we scale the business from the ground up. As the Legal Manager, you will have the unique opportunity to utilise your planning, network and leadership skills to establish the legal and compliance structure in the UK. This will be aligned with and supported by the teams in Europe and China.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for reviewing, negotiating various business contracts of the company, as well as the formulation and optimization of contract templates.
• Provide legal support for the company's daily business, reporting to the EU headquarter regularly and implement relevant requirements.
• Responsible for handling various lawsuits, arbitrations and possible legal disputes of the company.
• Support the set-up of legal compliance system, including but not limited to the compliance policy, contract management, etc. Particularly focus on data compliance, anti-trust and anti-unfair competition, employment compliance.
• Responsible for legal research in the UK and relevant legal & compliance training.
• Responsible for expand the local legal resources, including but not limited to set up relationship with law firms, institutes, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree above, LL.M or JD is preferred.
• Relevant educational background in the UK law or graduated from UK law schools.
• Pass the legal bar examination.
• Several years experience working in a related field. Experience in the automotive industry and its industrial chain are preferred.
• Excellent legal analytical and problem-solving skills, strong professional responsibility.
• Proficient English is must, fluency in Chinese is preferred.
• Good communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with international, cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• A culturally enriching role with the opportunity to build something monumental.
• A diverse, multinational team.
• Start-up energy within secure corporate structures.
• Competitive, rewarding compensation package, based on your qualifications and experience.

If you are selected for an interview, our recruitment team will contact you directly. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to inform the candidates who are not shortlisted or provide specific feedback.