Senior Legal Counsel

Crown records management; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A global logistics firm in Malaysia is seeking an experienced legal professional to manage and mitigate legal risks across the Group. The ideal candidate will have a background in law with 7-10 years of experience, particularly in intellectual property and employment law. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance, providing legal guidance, and negotiating contracts with clients and vendors. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and competitive benefits including a performance bonus and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Health, life and personal accident insurances

Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

PTOs from 15 to 20 days

Performance bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in intellectual property laws, employment laws, international business transactions and general litigation preferred.
• Proven team player and proactive problem solver.
• Excellent writer, organized, detail-oriented, able to prioritize projects.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage legal risk issues across the Group.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and regulation.
• Provide legal support in relation to entering into contracts.

Skills

Licensed to practice law

Excellent academic credentials

Minimum 7-10 years’ experience practicing law

Ability to write and converse in Mandarin

Education

Graduate degree in law

Job description

Overview

Requisition ID32225-Posted -APAC-Malaysia

CrownWorldwideGroup is a privately owned, global logistics company founded in 1965 and headquartered in Hong Kong. We are an extraordinary and purposeful business committed to making it simple to live, work and do business anywhere in the world, delivered through our broad portfolio of complementary brands. Together these enable us to relocate people’s lives and possessions, help companies move teams to new locations near and far, and help them manage their workspaces. We also transport, store and install precious art collections and keep company data and records safe, yet accessible.

We oversee wide-ranging CSR programs which support local and global charities, actively champion employee wellbeing and continually seek to reduce our environmental footprint. We are also proud of our diverse and inclusive culture. This provides all our employees with a sense of belonging which allows them to reach their full potential.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will play a key role in the identification and management of legal risk issues across the Group. The role will involve acting as an internal consultant and as such, will involve extensive dealings directly with the business. The successful candidate will report to the General Counsel.

• Identifying, managing and mitigating legal risk issues
• Ensuring the Group complies with legislation and regulation
• Providing preventative legal guidance and risk training to the business
• Making recommendations/drafting formal legal responses to issues
• Providing legal support in relation to entering into contracts with the Group’s clients and vendors, including reviewing and negotiating contracts
• Assisting with the development of legal and risk strategy, as appropriate
• Works closely with the Group’s various customers, business units, administrative units, sales & marketing and finance to draft and negotiate appropriate contract arrangements, including but not limited to purchasing, facilities, sales and purchase agreements, leases, non-disclosure agreements, licenses of the Group’s technology and products and licenses to the Group of third party technology and products
• May include interaction without external counsel on areas of special expertise such as litigation, environmental, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, etc.
• May be involved in litigation tasks as required including investigations and discovery support.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications (Eligibility Criteria)

Licensed to practice law.

Graduate with excellent academic credentials is required.

Minimum 7-10 years’ experience practicing law.

Experience in intellectual property laws, employment laws, international business transactions and general litigation preferred.

Ability to write and converse in Mandarin preferred.

Competencies and successful characteristics

Successful candidate is a proven team player and consensus builder that takes a business approach to law and be a proactive problem solver who must be able to work autonomously and handle significant client contact. Candidatemust be an excellent writer, organized, detail oriented, able to prioritize projects and meet deadlines. Personal characteristics:

• Pragmatic and solutions driven
• Flexible and adaptable
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Able to take on responsibility and to quickly gain credibility
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills
• Have an awareness of business strategy
• Able to transform legal issues into a workable solution within a business context

What we offer

• Work in international environments supporting clients from all over APAC, work with colleagues from multiple countries on a daily basis
• Work in a dynamic team with opportunities for growth
• Learning opportunities in relocations, international logistics and mobility
• Work on new projects for an industry leader with over 50 years history
• Summary of benefits offered (health, life and personal accident insurances, birthday leave, 2 days volunteering leave, PTOs from 15 and up to 20 days)
• Performance bonus
• CSR, ED&I, work-life balance initiatives

Call to action

If all abovementioned sounds interesting and motivating for you (and you have a suitable profile) we are looking forward to receiving your updated CV and discussing your career!

Company Values

At Crown we pride ourselves with the quality we deliver and values we stand by.

• We are CARING about people and their experience
• Always DETERMINED to do our best and to always keep improving
• We are genuinely THERE when our customers and colleagues need us
• We encourage the SHARING of knowledge amongst each other
• We continuously remain OPEN-MINDED to stay innovative

Crown is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, gender orientation, gender identity, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Crown welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates eligible to live and work in the designated geographical region. We are committed to diversity, and to employee wellbeing, engagement and development.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.