Associate Legal Counsel

DKSH Group; Selangor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Malaysia is seeking a Legal Counsel to manage all in-house legal matters, particularly focusing on IT/software contracts and compliance. The role involves drafting, reviewing contracts, providing legal advice, and managing legal projects to ensure adherence to corporate policies. Candidates should possess a Law degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience, preferably in the healthcare or technology sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years' experience practicing law, preferably in a law firm or in-house.
• Strong background in Commercial, Corporate, and IT/Software law.
• Admission to the Malaysian Bar preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Provide legal advice to internal stakeholders.
• Manage external counsel for litigation matters.

Skills

Corporate law

Contract law

Commercial law

IT/Software-related law

Legal research

Negotiation

Fluency in English

Education

Degree in Law

Tools

Office productivity tools

Job description

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Manage the resolution of all country in-house legal/contract matters as part of the function's legal management role.

Job Responsibilities

· Contract management and resolution of legal matters related to all types of commercial contracts, including but not limited to IT/Software contracts whilst ensuring compliance with the Company’s policies, governance/compliance/code of business conduct/ethics/corporate social responsibility, etc.

· Responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of all types of commercial contracts, including but not limited to IT/Software contracts, business contracts, agreements, documents etc. whilst ensuring compliance with the Company’s policies, governance/compliance/code of business conduct/ethics/corporate social responsibility, etc.

· Manage country legal/compliance projects to ensure areas needing change and improvement are acted upon.

· Provide legal advisory to internal stakeholders. Gain better understanding of the business and its various processes to enhance the quality of legal advice given.

· Build and maintain long-term relationships with external legal advisors/legal community to keep up to date with laws, regulations, and best practices.

· Build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal stakeholders of the Company.

· Assist the Director of Legal in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei on legal matters.

· Manage the internal legal contract database for DKSH Group.

· Responsible in conducting legal trainings and user trainings in managing the legal contract database with internal stakeholders.

· Responsible in conducting legal trainings and user trainings to all internal stakeholders.

· Handling of trademarks - manage and keep track of Group Trademarks, functioning as the key liaison with trademark solicitors.

· Advise on issues relating to litigation matters and debt recovery actions, including monitoring of status of cases.

· Manage external counsels for litigation and corporate matters and oversee all works related thereto.

· Attend to administrative procedures to manage business legal implications.

· Administer due diligence processes and activities within the country to enforce a structured approach to legal management.

· Preparation of key litigations/arbitrations, interactions with external legal counsels and represent the country in key legal proceedings to ensure DKSH's interests are well protected.

· Prepare and provide response on court/legal documents/pleadings.

· Conduct legal research in relation to the assignments given.

· Attend to all legal matters/tasks or other ad-hoc matters/tasks as assigned from time to time.

· Drive and manage learning and development of team in the area of Corporate/Contract/Commercial law and DKSH behavior to achieve team/function goals

· Drive self-learning and improvement in the area of Corporate/Contract/Commercial law and DKSH behavior as part of continuous learning.

Job Requirements

· Degree in Law from top-tier university in Malaysia or abroad Qualified to practice law. Admission to the Malaysian Bar is preferred

· Minimum six (6) years’ experience practicing law in a law firm with business law orientation or in the in-house legal department of an organization, ideally locally listed

· Exposure and substantial experience in the Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Performance Materials, Technology industries is preferred

· Extensive experience in legal management (e.g. organization of a legal service team, definition of a coverage and sourcing model, reporting, alternative billing methods, legal process outsourcing, knowledge of the relevant technology capacity

· Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the business and industry

· Demonstrate advanced knowledge of corporate law, contract and commercial law, IT/Software-related law, including country-specific laws

· Demonstrate fluency in English (both written and spoken). Proficiency in any other language is an additional asset

· Demonstrate appreciation and respect for cultural sensitivities especially in cross-country/culture interactions

· Demonstrate ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information with integrity

· Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

· Demonstrate knowledge of adaptation of the law within the cultural/legal framework of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei

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DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives. For nearly 160 years, we have been marketing, selling, and

distributing high-quality products and brands for multinational and Fortune 500 companies. Through our

Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology, we deliver

sustainable growth for our partners. We contribute to improving the quality of life for our employees and

people in the local communities in which we operate. Headquartered in Switzerland, DKSH is publicly

listed and operates in 36 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. We employ over

29,000 specialists and produced net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2023.

DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives. For nearly 160 years, we have been marketing, selling, and

distributing high-quality products and brands for multinational and Fortune 500 companies. Through our

Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology, we deliver

sustainable growth for our partners. We contribute to improving the quality of life for our employees and

people in the local communities in which we operate. Headquartered in Switzerland, DKSH is publicly

listed and operates in 36 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. We employ over

29,000 specialists and produced net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2023.

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