Legal Counsel (6 Months Maternity Cover)

General Role

Supports the Group and Regional legal teams in ensuring the execution and compliance of all regional legal activities in the South Asia region (comprising of 10 countries).
Major areas of work:

Contracts and legal document management
• Drafting and reviewing contracts and general legal documentation (NDAs, LOIs, service provider agreements, concession agreements, communications agreements, real estate agreements etc)
• Management of existing contracts database – renewal/expiry dates of key contracts
• Template Management - Creating, managing and updating template contracts and legal documentation
• Drafting and updating policies and procedures
• Assisting local markets in the localization of Group documents

Real estate
• Assisting and reviewing commercial leases (retail, storage and offices) and general ancillary documentatio

Compliance
• Assisting with matters involving data protection, anti-corruption/anti money laundering/ethical and general compliance policies, procedures and measures within the region

Corporate secretarial
• Assisting the Group and Regional legal teams in the organization of Board resolutions, Board meetings and AGM documents for regional entities
• Certification and notarization of documents
• Legal research & legal monitoring - Building and maintaining a legal knowledge database
• Training – Assisting in preparing and updating legal and compliance training slides
• Effectively liaise with external counsels in local markets, and provide day to day legal support to internal stakeholders and Group legal teams

General legal support
• Legal research & legal monitoring - Building and maintaining a legal knowledge database
• Training – Assisting in preparing and updating legal and compliance training slides
• Effectively liaise with external counsels in local markets, and provide day to day legal support to internal stakeholders and Group legal teams

Qualifications & Capabilities:
• LLB/JD degree and admitted to the Bar of a common law jurisdiction (knowledge of the civil law system is a plus).
• 2-3 years practical legal experience in a law firm or in-house is mandatory, in a regional or international role. Experience in the retail industry is a plus.
• Experience in one or several of the following fields: corporate and contract law, real estate law, consumer protection law, data protection and anti-corruption/anti-money laundering.
• Must be a good team player, pleasant, intuitive, detail oriented, organized, proactive and self-motivated
• Excellent analytical skills and English communication skills (written and verbal). Proficiency in French is a plus.
• Hands on computer knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)