Legal Counsel (APAC)

Job Summary

Want to be part of Germany’s biggest companies listed on the DAX exchange? If you are curious, inspirational, technically competent with unwavering diligence – THIS IS FOR YOU!

Brenntag, the world’s largest & leading full-line chemical distributor with a market cap of EUR11 billion is seeking a highly-motivated, diligent and intelligent Regional Counsel to join its APAC Legal Team – YOU will play a crucial role in shaping the legal landscape of our organization regionally and YOU will be the go-to partner for all legal-related issues within your assigned countries and business units.

You will be the right-hand of the APAC Head of Legal.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To provide legal strategic support to cross-functional stakeholders in Asia-Pacific.
• A team player with a can-do attitude who can work independently
• Experience in corporate commercial and contract review and management work:

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts in local language and legal documents (both commercial and non-commercial). Candidates with experience in reviewing procurement and supply contracts and experience in dispute resolution are preferred;
• Working with the senior regional counsel on local and regional high value contracts;
• Ensuring all contracts accurately reflect commercial decisions, and are in compliance with all applicable laws;
• Ensuring contracts are executed in compliance with company policies on internal corporate approvals;
• Appointing and liaising with external counsels to streamline non-tax litigations involving the Company and submitting quarterly reports on litigation status; and
• Familiarity with competition laws in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Providing legal advice relating to employment matters and be a trusted partner to the human resources department;
• Implementing Brenntag APAC legal and compliance policies and guidelines and conducting necessary trainings as instructed by the Brenntag APAC legal department;
• Enabling proper and coherent communication between regional legal and local commercial for alignment of goals and objectives;
• Providing support to and reporting to Brenntag APAC Head of Legal.

Job Requirement/Specification:

Education: Bachelor of Laws Degree (minimum) from a top-tier university Overseas qualifications from a tier 1 university is a plus.

Qualifications : Holder of a valid Attorney/ Legal Practitioner License in a Common Law jurisdiction.

Language : Excellent command of the English. Ability to speak Thai, Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese is a plus.

Experiences / Requirements:

• At least 7 years of post-qualification experience, with solid training in private practice (dispute resolution and commercial law). In-house experience in an MNC is an added advantage;
• Compliance experience in antitrust, data privacy and protection, anti-corruption and bribery is important.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects under strict deadlines and ability to multi-task and handle highly confidential information;
• Ability to work independently without daily supervision;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint);
• Solid technical competencies in general corporate and commercial law, contract law, intellectual property law, with excellent drafting skills;
• Demonstrated enthusiasm and willingness to learn;
• Diligent, meticulous, detail oriented, and analytical, with ability to exercise judgment to identify and escalate issues;
• Experienced in managing external corporate secretarial service providers and external counsel.
• Self-starter with strong project management, analytical and organizational skills;
• Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal and presentation skills to effectively work with various departments and business units within Brenntag;
• Commitment to high ethical standards with superb business acumen;
• Superior communication skills required with the ability to clearly and diplomatically articulate issues, solutions and rationale; and
• Strong personality with the ability to implement proper chain of approvals before signing of contracts.
• Outstanding stakeholder management – diplomatic yet firm.