Associate Corporate Counsel

Job Description

Are you a corporate counsel who excels in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts while supporting business growth?

Get, set, GO!

Tap into your expertise by engaging your upbeat and collaborative spirit to a vibrant and dynamic team.

Core Responsibilities

This role is part of the LEGO Group’s China & APAC Legal team and will be reporting to the Legal Director of APAC.

The main focus is to provide business-enabling legal services with a business partnering attitude to support the sales and marketing operations in the APAC region.

Under the guidance of the leader, this includes:

1. Supporting on legal tasks in all areas of the law relevant to the LEGO Group, such as Commercial Law (with a focus on contracts), Employment law, Corporate Law and Intellectual Property.
2. Responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts and advising internal collaborators on a variety of commercial legal issues that arise in commercial relationships.
3. Supporting the workload of the APAC legal team and increase level and speed of delivery of legal services by tackling tasks initiated by the VP/GC, Legal Director, Snr Corporate Counsels, as well as the business in APAC Market Group.
4. Acting as the point of contact in cases and relevant tasks, as requested by the senior lawyers in the team.
5. Engaging with external partners and outside counsel on legal tasks as needed.
6. Developing a legal business partnering approach.
7. Being a strong contributing member of the China & APAC Legal Team.
8. As a secondary focus, participate in legal projects and support within other regions, such as China.

Team Values:

• Supportive
• Collaborative
• Accessible
• Diligent (Conscientious)
• Value adding
• Proactive

It is our mission as lawyers to provide proactive and qualified support in a way that makes valuable contributions to the business.

Play your part in our team succeeding!

This position can be a “stepping-stone” for mid-level lawyers or highly skilled specialists, who are capable of solving sophisticated legal support tasks, and who want to develop further in the Legal Department at the LEGO Group.

Main success criteria for this position are:

1. Satisfied customers and the LEGO Group by delivering timely and valuable legal advice/support.
2. Ability to work both independently and as part of a cross-functional legal team in a matrix organisation.
3. A broad legal support profile with experience in supporting many different legal areas.
4. Deliver efficient service, as well as make valuable contributions to our business collaborators in their daily work.
5. A great working partner to the senior lawyers in the team.

Challenges in this job:

• To keep up good team spirit and provide legal service in a creative, but dynamic environment.
• Prioritization of high value work.
• To handle work in a broad range of areas, and at the same time being a highly qualified specialist in some specific legal areas.
• Able to work quickly and efficiently to meet deadlines.
• Big picture thinker to make connections between the work you are doing.
• Provide clear and concise legal advice to the senior lawyers and the business.

The right candidate for this position is a person:

• Proven legal background and minimum 4-6 years PQE of relevant commercial & business support experience.
• Consistent record and deep functional knowledge in at least 2 out of our 3 main areas – Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law or Intellectual Property.
• Self-motivated, a great teammate, critical thinker, ability to adapt to changes, uncertainties as well as being proactive to react to urgent and immediate business and legal requests.
• Highly collaborative business partnering and curious mentality with a “can do” approach.
• Keen to learn and be involved in new tasks/areas, where engaging directly with the business and keeping relevant shareholders in the loop should come naturally for this person, as well as the willingness to learn and following through on tasks.

Do you have what it takes:

• Law School Degree (J.D., LL.B, LL.M. or equivalent) from a recognised university.
• Admitted to the Singapore Bar.
• Minimum 4-6 years PQE legal experience with a reputable law firm and/or relevant commercial and business support experience in an in-house role at a global company.
• An appetite for and ability to learn new skills, as well as the willingness to follow-through on tasks.
• Highly collaborative, with a curious attitude and a “can do” approach.
• Professional appearance and demeanor.
• Highly engaged; enjoys fun activities and interacting with the team, those sponsored by the company, or as part of our community engagement program.
• Previous experience working with government authorities in one or more countries within the APAC Region.
• Experience in training the business on various legal topics.
• Some travel may be expected, likely not to exceed 30 days per year.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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