Company introduction:
The company is the top 5 consultant company and more than 50% top 500 companies are their clients. Provides deep expertise to manage and operate business functions and support client teams. Work in a wide range of functional areas including human resources, marketing and communications, finance, quality control, legal, IT, facilities and services.
Job Description
The Legal and Commercial business practice provides and manages all legal advice and support to XXX (instead of company’s name). Legal and Commercial aims to give objective, focused, practical advice and solutions based on an understanding of the law and XXX’s business, which is essential in a competitive marketplace. The Legal and Commercial teams work closely with each engagement to find ways to maximize revenue and manage risk and to ensure that XXX complies with its contractual obligations.
The Field Operations and Contract Management teams work closely with XXX’s operating and capability groups to obtain good commercial arrangements, review and counsel new offerings, support XXX’s alliances and Business Process Outsourcing businesses, develop package knowledge and ensure contract agreements are upheld.
Key responsibilities may include:
• Representing company’s interests and interfacing directly with client counsel and negotiating teams
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of contracts for medium to complex engagements
• Strategizing with company executives prior to client negotiations
• Helping develop, and understand, risk mitigation strategies for contractual risks
• Structuring client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
• Counseling, advising, and consulting company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity
• Developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues
• Overseeing, counseling, guiding, training and supporting junior transactional lawyers if required
• Managing external legal support, if required
• Staying abreast of legal developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesizing the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Educating company executives in regard to legal and risk management issues
• Developing subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and Commercial and/or our business (e.g., corporation law, competition law, employment law, data privacy, and service line expertise)
• Supporting, promoting and implementing initiatives as part of Legal & Commercial executive team
• Escalating variances from contracting policy or unusual risks
External Relationships:
Client Counsel, Client Executives, Outside Counsel
• 5+ years transactional experience in relevant areas in roles with increasing responsibility, preferably in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate/legal transaction group, ideally for an IT services vendor
• Sound knowledge of Chinese Law and a desirable LLM in a US or UK university
• Good business acumen
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced legal or corporate environment
• Ability to meet travel requirements, when applicable
• Good understanding of Finance and Accounting principles
• Capable of delivering good work product with supervision
• Committed with XXX¡¯s and L&C success
Professional Skill Requirements
• In-depth experience negotiating and resolving Intellectual Property and other complex commercial contractual issues
• Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
• Ability to be flexible and work in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, time-management and analytical skills
• Excellent negotiation, influence and collaboration skills
• Fluent in English
* Please send us your complete resume (both in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_eo066sh@dacare.com’