Legal Manager

Daimler Trucks North America LLC; Puchong; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Puchong is seeking a Legal Manager to safeguard its legal interests, provide advisory to management, and lead the legal team. The ideal candidate must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Law, along with at least 8 years of experience. Strong communication, analytical, and negotiation skills are essential. This role presents an opportunity to grow within a prominent organization in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong writing and oral communication skills in English.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Protect all legal rights of the company.
• Advise management on legal matters.
• Lead legal team and manage departmental strategy.

Skills

Corporate contracts knowledge

Legal advisory skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB)

Job description

Job Description - Legal Manager (MER0003RC5)

Description

You are on a mission : Drive Financial Excellence with Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia!

As a part of one of the most prominent captive financial services providers, we are not just offering a job, but a passage to unparalleled professional growth. We are on the lookout for passionate, driven individuals who are ready to accelerate their careers and shape the future of mobility.

At Mercedes-Benz, you'll find more than a role; you'll discover a calling where your work reverberates with excellence and propels the industry forward. If you're ready to drive into a world of opportunity, Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia is your destination.

Here's the role at a glance that might be beneficial for you to know.

The job holder is responsible for:

1. Malaysia- MBSM
The Legal Manager is overall responsible to protect all tangible and intangible rights of Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia (MBSM). He/She shall provide legal and compliance/secretarial advisory to the management team and steer legal related MBSM’s agreements to protect the company’s interests. In addition, he/she is to represent the Company and defend its interests in all legal proceedings. As such, he/she shall also be required to manage the interactions with all external (i.e. Bank Negara Malaysia) and internal parties during business negotiations.

2. Additional: Supervisory and Lead Legal Onehub Asia
Legal Supervisory- Providing all legal advice and legal support for onboarding of new relevant markets to Onehub Project team Malaysia. Reviewing and advising the project team on all related matters and the SLA Blueprint and DPOB and any matters related.
Advising on setting up of the new legal entity in Malaysia and registration thereof. Setting up the legal department within the entity and introducing the contract management process and all legal processes for the successful establishment of the legal entity.

3. Additional: Leading and Supporting the Legal function in MBFS HK
Providing support to MBFS Hong Kong- thru Service Level Agreement since January 2022, providing legal consultation to the entity from Malaysia for all related legal matters.

Scope of Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and Strategy
-Lead, oversee and manage all legal and regulatory compliance matters and will be the principal legal advisor expert.
-Lead in safeguarding the Company’s legal interests, ensuring regulatory compliance, while mitigating legal risks and protecting the company's interests.
-Influencing diverse stakeholders and making legal decisions for Local management team in all its legal and regulatory affairs.
-Building and maintaining strong working relationships within the AAP region and HQ and understand business needs and strategic plans to provide proactive and valued advice for MY/SG cluster/MBFS HK and Onehub Asia.
-Develop legal department strategy for MY/SG Cluster/HK and Onehub and align with the regional business objectives and corporate strategies.
-Analyze complex legal issues to identify strategic and actionable solutions and communicates them effectively, mindful of the level of information required by the recipient(s).

2. Legal Consultant
-Defining, Leading and Advising the business/ Management/ Department Heads on broad range legal and regulatory matters.
-Influencing and leading discussions with management on different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.
-Defining legal framework in all legal activities.
-Lead and oversees the delivery of training to management and personnel on legal issues affecting individual departmental activities and transactions.
-To provide legal advices and support in on Malaysia’s legal framework in areas such as Hire Purchase Law, Stamp Duties Act, Financial Act, Companies Act, Contract Act and Bankruptcy Act, Personal Data Law & Anti-Trust laws.
-Managing the legal risks and provide legal advice in respect of all corporate operational legal matters and ensure legal compliance.
-To conduct and keep abreast of any new laws and regulations applicable to the Company, initiate necessary change and impact to business operations.
-Reviews, negotiates and drafting all types of arrangements, contacts, legal documents and etc.
-Protection of tangible & in-tangible rights of the Company and sustained success in defending legal suits at optimum legal costs (in court).

3. Managing the interactions with external parties such as customers/regulators and external lawyers
-Additionally takes responsibility of ensuring that all allegations of legal misconduct are reported in a timely manner to the executive team to maintain integrity within the business.
- Instructs and assists external legal partners where necessary identifying potential legal risks and assessing the issues impacting legal risk, which ensures that all the business’s risk management approaches are viable.
- Leading communication with regulators, this means responding clearly and on time to regulatory enquiries as well as keeping on top of regulatory developments and helping teams to implement regulatory change.

4. Managing and Supervising Team of 2 Employees
-Lead and manage junior lawyers in drafting sensitive and high-value legal documentation necessary for business operations.
Mentor legal department personnel, encouraging their professional growth, and grooming them.

5. Company Secretarial Advisory
-Leading the overseeing the company secretarial function and conduct risk assessments for the Company, aggregate and analyze issues and trends, and provide feedback to the legal entity for all matters related to this

Qualifications

Education & Work Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) with at least 8 years of relevant experience. Experience in professional firms and in-house experience are viewed as an advantage.
- Good working knowledge in corporate and commercial contract.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong persuasive abilities.
- Strong and good written and oral communication skills in English.
- Accountability and high professional integrity and mature.
- Meticulous attention to fine detail and able to work to tight deadlines.
- Enthusiastic team-player, willing to learn, quality-conscious with an eye for detail, practical and discreet in dealing with confidential information.

Competencies & Attributes
- Strong ability to think strategically and take decisions in economic, complex and international business relations contexts
- Strong contract drafting, negotiation and advisory skills
- High level of integrity, motivation, good interpersonal and communicative skills and team spirit
- Strong capabilities in networking and interacting in an international team
- Able to work independently and reliable under high pressure, possessing exceptional time management skills
- Fluent in business English
- Good computer skills (standard office software)
- Strong communications and facilitation skills
- Analytical thinking and results-oriented
- Language skill: fluent in Bahasa Malaysia and English; Chinese Mandarin will be advantageous