Legal Counsel (Managerial Level)

MÔ TẢ CÔNG VIỆC
Department: Legal
Working Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report to: Country Senior Legal Counsel
The Legal Counsel is charged with providing high quality and responsive legal support and guidance to the Vietnam business as part of the legal team; establishing collaborative relationships with colleagues both within and outside the local business; and managing external legal resources within budgets as directed by the Senior Legal Counsel.
Responsibilities
Day to day preliminary vetting of legal issues and provision of advice to all business colleagues, including reviewing, verifying and processing basic contracts to ensure conformity to relevant guidelines and requirements, guiding the other functions to execute appropriate standard forms of contracts, and assist with execution of corporate documents and contracts.
Review marketing and product artwork materials, as well as press releases and other significant official correspondence for conformity to company policies and relevant regulations, trademark and intellectual property ownership rules and to determine if any issues are apparent which require further escalation.
Assist in managing potential disputes and litigation with customers, vendors, employees and consumers.
Maintain statutory company registers, prepare board and shareholder resolutions, related consents and other information, and supervise passing of the resolutions and subsequent filing procedures and reporting to ensure full compliance with local legal requirements.
Assist in preparation and filing of periodic external reports to relevant authorities, as well as applying, renewing and/or updating of business licenses/permits.
Initial assessment of trademark clearance and information requests from Category Marketing teams to determine appropriate follow through and working with the business to obtain the necessary internal and regulatory clearances to meet the business requirements.
Respond to requests from the Trademarks Department or Category Marketing teams and monitor requests from the business regarding trademark registrations, renewals, oppositions and clearances for new products to support legal activities to ensure protection of MDLZ's trademark portfolio and no infringements of other trademark or IP rights.
Co-ordination and preparation of internal reports required on a regional basis and liaison with other stakeholders as necessary to obtain and collate information for reports, including monitoring the company secretarial database to ensure it is kept up-to-date, preparing periodic reports.
Initial review of invoices from external counsel. Ensure that invoices meet Outside Counsel Guidelines and local tax and finance requirements (and if not, obtain corrected invoices from external counsel). Tracking and reporting accruals.
Maintenance of shared intranet / shared drive libraries of content for knowledge management, generally including local templates, general advice and corporate records.
Perform other ad hoc duties as assigned by supervisor.