Junior Legal Counsel (Based in Ha Noi Or HCMC)

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Based in Omron's offices in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, Vietnam, this role reports to the Legal Manager in Singapore. As a critical member of the APAC Legal Team of Omron, you will provide legal support to all business and manufacturing units of Omron in Vietnam, as well as to the wider region in APAC. Working closely with senior members of the team, you will:
Legal Support
• Work with the businesses and other cross functional departments on a range of matters.
• Review interpret and counsel on relevant local laws in APAC, court rulings, policies and practices.
• Review and draft contracts and other legal documents (Channel Partner Agreements, Distributorship Agreement, service agreement, legal notice and others), and negotiate with the other party if necessary.
• Advise on regulatory matters, strategic issues and assist in maintaining a compliance posture of business. Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Advise business on the legal and ethical aspects arising from the day-to-day business activities of Omron in APAC. You will assist with negotiations with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Handle claims against the company and assist with the preparation for litigation or arbitration proceedings, deal with queries from regulator including the coordination of efforts by corporate staff and outside counsel.
• Develop ongoing and future strategies to avoid potentially damaging legal situations regarding product development, marketing strategies, etc. which often will involve working closely with internal management teams and lawyers from other regions to ensure appropriate implementation.
• Prepare contract formats and guides in response to common practice or demand in each business unit, and establish and maintain Legal Database for entities in APAC.
Compliance and Risk Management Support
• Assist in investigation of misconducts by employees and other non-compliance matters.
• Prepare and execute training regarding risk management & compliance, such as anti-fraud, anti-cartel, anti-corruption, contract management and corporate governance.
• Produce and distribute enlightenment materials, including email news, poster, leaflet and ethics card.
• Risk Analysis in APAC from various viewpoints and managing countermeasure to critical risks.
• Attend and hold meetings for Risk Managers from each business unit.
• Support operating the system of Export Control and Personal Data Protection.
Project Support
• Support the Risk and Legal Organization in various projects in the light of risk management & legal.
Collaboration
• Collaborate with different departments and business companies on risk management/legal themes for whole Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan, China and Korea).
• Join and contribute to Global Legal/Risk Management Projects for OMRON Group, which HQ in Kyoto leads internationally.
• Create innovation in the field of risk management & compliance through IT, AI, Gamification, Behavior Economics, etc.