Legal Counsel
L'Oréal
- Malaysia
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Negotiating, reviewing and drafting all types of contracts and legal documents
- Advising the operational and functional departments in all areas of law (commercial, competition, data privacy, corporate, communications, real estate, information technology & intellectual property)
- Provide training and/or empower business with the learning to increase and ensure awareness and appropriate compliance with internal policy and relevant laws and regulations
- Maintaining the existing high profile of the legal team throughout the business and active legal involvement in operational decision making
- Liaising with counterparts in the Paris-based headquarters and Zone legal team
- Qualified lawyer, possess a Bachelor of Laws degree
- Minimum 8 years PQE
- Well versed in corporate and commercial legal work
- Excellent communication skills (written and spoken), negotiation and presentation skills
- Ability to rapidly digest and distill complex issues and help formulate strategy / responses
- Ability to work fluently in a diverse and multi-national environment
- Ability to coordinate among key stakeholders and manage relationships at multiple levels
- Ability to manage cross-border projects
- Has analytical skills and very detail orientated
- Demonstrates creativity and open to explore new ways of working such as embracing legal technology in day to day tasks
- Strong demonstrable and relevant track record of advising on legal issues
- Excellent communication (written and spoken), negotiation and presentational skills
- Strategic thinker with ability to move effortlessly between strategy, implementation and tactical opportunities
- Ability to establish, exploit and influence effective networks at all levels
- Confident and persuasive individual capable of managing and resolving difficult situations
- IT savvy and open to usage of legal technology and applications