Paralegal

JOB SUMMARYTo contribute to the sustainable development of the corporation in Vietnam, the Paralegal/ Junior Legal Counsel will be in charge of legal perspectives of corporation, including but not limited to, providing legal advice, drafting and reviewing contracts, ensuring all licenses and permits are in order for operation, implementing and maintaining an effective compliance framework in line with the global compliance and local applicable regulations.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES• Legal advisory: - Check and provide legal advice to relevant departments and BUs for daily operation issues as assigned by supervisors. • Contract management: - Draft, review operational contracts, agreements, transactions and activities in compliance with the Vietnamese laws and relevant applicable regulations and company policies. - Check and support departments in negotiation with supplier’s proposal. • Licenses and Permits: - Obtain and keep track of all mandatory licenses, permits for operating in Vietnam as assigned by Legal Counsel/ Managing Counsel/ Legal Director. - Check and advise all required conditions, license and permits. - Prepare the e-keeping system for tracking license and permits status. - Prepare application dossier and closely work with law firm to monitor the licensing status (if requested by Managing Counsel/ Legal Director). • Corporate governance: - Prepare and implement the corporate governance in the company to be in line with the global strategy. - Group Legal's policy (Sustainable Development): Coordinate with HK teams to review/ localize Group Policies and monitor their application in Vietnam. • Licensing Compliance Health check: - Monitor project implementation and coordinating surveys/questionnaires with teams; informing stakeholders for license amendments if necessary. • Training: - Study, coordinate with local teams to draft the platform of Legal Update for improving the legal awareness of departments/ BUs. - Train, guide/advise, and control employees in compliance with the local regulation and company’s requirements and standards. - Update new laws and regulations using legal update templates. • Other tasks as assigned by the Managing Counsel/ Legal Director. REQUIREMENTSEducationBachelor of LawExperienceMinimum 02-year experience in practicing law in manufacturing company (having both law firm and in house working experience is preferable) Knowledge- Law and regulations on Commercial, Enterprise, Investment, IP, Labor, Customs.Functional Skills- Legal Advisory, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Time Management, Licensing and Permits tracking and application, Contract Review, Leadership Development, Legal Analysis, Critical Thinking. - Fluently in MS Office and Legal English (both oral and writing). - Be acquainted with technology software/ platforms (e.g. project management). - Good communication and negotiation skills.Other Abilities- Working under high pressure. - High responsibility. - Diligent and Careful. - Eager to learn new things and improvement. - Interested in regulatory technologies. Our office is located at Deutsches Haus, District 1, HCMC