Legal Affairs Manager

China Duty Free International Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

China Duty Free Group Co., Ltd. is seeking an experienced corporate lawyer to provide legal consultation for daily operations and to conduct due diligence for new business expansion.

The role includes organizing contract templates, ledgers, and archives, and drafting and reviewing contracts with risk evaluation for major matters. The successful candidate will handle disputes for the company and subsidiaries, research relevant laws, prepare compliance briefs, and help develop internal rules for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in law with strong knowledge of both Chinese and common law is preferred.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience with corporate governance, compliance and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal consultation and opinion for daily operations and due diligence for new expansions.
• Organize contract management, templates, ledgers and archives.
• Draft and review contracts and legal documents; provide risk evaluation on major issues.
• Handle or assist legal disputes and litigation for the company and subsidiaries.
• Research laws and policies; draft compliance briefs and management risk guidance.
• Formulate and improve legal affairs rules including litigation and contract management.

Skills

Legal research

Contract management

Drafting & reviewing contracts

Risk evaluation

Regulatory compliance

Training coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law

Job description

Provide legal consultation and opinion for the company's daily operation as well as due diligence for new business expansion.

Organize and coordinate contract management, establish company contract templates, maintain and update company contract ledger, contract archives management, etc.

Responsible for drafting and reviewing contracts and legal documents, and providing legal opinions and risk evaluation on major issue.

Handle or assist to deal with legal disputes and litigation cases of the company and the subsidiaries.

Research laws, regulations and policies related to the company's business, sort out legal risks to draft legal and compliance brief report, and provide risk evaluation advice to management.

Formulate and improve the company's legal affairs management related rules and regulations,including litigation case management, contract management etc.

Coordinate company's compliance system, regularly sort out and update the compliance risks of the company and the subsidiaries, update the compliance manual and risk list, and form compliance guidelines.

Organize legal and compliance training and regularly organize compliance subject training according to the requirements of HQ and the request of the subsidiaries.

Coordinate and manage the company's external lawyers, secretarial company and other external organizations.

Complete other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the Director and other company leaders.

You are the perfect one if you are/have:

Bachelor degree or above in law (Chinese law and common law education background is preferred)

Minimum 6+ years relevant working experience (law firm or corporate legal affairs), working experience in state-owned enterprises or legal dispute resolution and litigation is preferred

Hong Kong Legal Profession Qualification, familiar with Hong Kong law, with Chinese or other countries law qualification preferred

Independent, able to work under pressure，Good logical analysis and written output skills

High level of commitment to quality work delivery and organizational ethics, integrity, and compliance

Excellent command of written and spoken English, Cantonese, and Mandarin

Please provide a bilingual resume in Chinese and English

China Duty Free Group Co., Ltd. (CDFG), established in 1984, is the only state-owned enterprise authorized by the State Council to operate duty free business across the country. In accordance with the State policies, CDFG exercises unified management of the national duty free industry (i.e. unified operation, unified purchasing, unified retail pricing and unified development of management regulations ).

China Duty Free Group Co., Ltd. (CDFG), established in 1984, is the only state-owned enterprise authorized by the State Council to operate duty free business across the country. In accordance with the State policies, CDFG exercises unified management of the national duty free industry (i.e. unified operation, unified purchasing, unified retail pricing and unified development of management regulations ).