Senior Counsel

Position Overview

Reporting to tms’s VP Legal & Compliance based in Hong Kong, the Senior Counsel for APMEA will help manage the legal affairs of the region for two business units (BU). This is a newly created role due to the growth demands of the business. The Senior Counsel will provide leadership and guidance to the business units, with an emphasis on providing legal perspective and advice on a wide range of strategic, tactical and operational issues. In support of the business, the Senior Counsel’s responsibilities will cover the entire range of legal matters that would typically confront a global company of this size and complexity including, for example, intellectual property (and investigations), basic insurance, corporate law, contracts, supply chain/sourcing, antitrust, labour law, marketing, government relations, digital technology, data privacy, online business operations, and electronic commerce, compliance and litigation.

The ideal candidate can manage a variety of work at a fast-pace, is able to partner with multiple stakeholders at all levels and enjoys working in a collaborative environment.

The Profile

• 7-10+ years’ experience
• Exposure to APMEA
• Experience with a large multi national company, US MNC experience a plus
• LLB/Juris Doctor degree

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting and preparing a variety of documents
• Review, redline, and negotiate commercial agreements and advise on legal exposure, risks and potential liabilities (i.e. NDAs, contract+renewals, amendments, MSAs and SOWs etc.)
• Provide counsel in connection with all BU related matters and disputes
• Collaborate with cross-functional regional teams including IT, HR, Global Compliance, General Counsel’s Office, Group Treasury, Group Tax etc. on global corporate governance matters, monitoring and updating corporate policies and compliance practices

• Ensuring the BU is in compliance with Group and BU policies and to regularly communicate legal policies and procedures to ensure stakeholders and employees understand exposures and become aware of any compliance issues
• Provide training to employees and stakeholders on best practices
• Investigation of counterfeit products

• Collaborate with outside counsel and manage their work effectively to achieve desired outcomes
• Support ad hoc projects
• Some regional and US travel required

Skills and Experience

• Have excellent verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with key stakeholders, team members, business leaders, and employees at all levels within the Group
• Exercise sound judgment, initiative and possess strong problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, excels in a fast-paced environment and operates with a sense of urgency
• An energetic, resourceful and hands‑on individual with a strong customer service orientation, someone who commits themselves fully to the job and who is dedicated to developing and delivering outstanding work; focused on continuing improvements to the organization in striving for excellence
• Trustworthy and high integrity. Someone who can balance all constituencies without compromising integrity
• An accomplished team worker: Able to lead, develop and work as part of a team, gaining the commitment of team members for organizational change, generating enthusiasm around team goals, actively seeking input from others and reacting appropriately. Used to working as part of a leadership team in a global matrix environment.
• Ability to collaborate with patience while driving against tight timelines.
• Professional maturity and demeanour that daily sets the tone in carrying out the responsibilities of the position and to represent the organization to internal and external stakeholders/customers.
• Alignment with the Group’s values, a good sense of humor and positive approach to the work
• Language: Native English speaker, proficiency in Mandarin or another Asian language a plus