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Job Description
This is an in-house attorney position providing legal support in Southeast Asia and Australasia
As the Counsel, Operations, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:
Skills
A Counsel, Operations serving Hilton Brands is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviors, skills, and values that follow:
Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!
Work Locations
Hilton - Area Office - Singapore
Schedule
Full-time
Brand
Hilton Corporate
Shift
Day Job
Job Level
Manager
Job
Legal
- to hotels operated by Hilton as well as business partners in Operations.
- to business partners in various departments (including Hilton Supply Management, Human Resources, Brands, Commercial Services, and Finance); and
- generally, to support the Company’s wider business affairs in Asia Pacific, including compliance with laws, deployment and implementation of Hilton policies and procedures, dispute resolution, and other general legal support.
As the Counsel, Operations, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:
- Assist and/or oversee the assistance to business partners with (a) drafting, negotiation, or counselling on business-critical matters in a manner consistent with Hilton policies, procedures, forms, and past practice and with the highest level of legal service, and/or (b) obtaining local counsel advice as necessary.
- Ensure a high standard of frontline and local backup support and implementation for other business and legal areas, including Compliance, Corporate, Brands & Commercial Services, Employment, and Dispute Resolution, and partnering with Legal Department colleagues in APAC, EMEA, and the US where needed.
- Develop and implement legal strategies to address operational issues.
- Provide strategic advice and strategies to business partners to manage counterparty adherence to existing contracts.
- Formulate training programs for business partners and identify, plan, and implement additional self-service programs for hotels to help themselves on recurring matters wherever possible.
- Address issues raised by business partners regarding the implementation and negotiation of standardized form agreements of general use to hotels and business units.
- Work with the standard systems and procedures of Hilton’s Legal Department and strategic role in the continuous improvement and updating of these systems
- Leverage effective partnerships with outside counsel resources, internal clients, and other corporate departments
Skills
A Counsel, Operations serving Hilton Brands is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviors, skills, and values that follow:
- Law degree from a common law jurisdiction
- At least 2 years post-qualification experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal counsel role
- Exposure to legal frameworks in multiple jurisdictions, familiar with at least one Southeast Asia or Australasia legal jurisdiction including regulatory regimes.
- A “generalist” with experience in general corporate and commercial law
- Transaction management experience including negotiating documents to a conclusion.
- Experience working for or advising MNCs, and managing challenging stakeholders.
- Good management skills in a multicultural, decentralized environment
- Ability to create and maintain strong relations with all levels in the organization.
- Strong commercial awareness, self-motivated and success-orientated.
- Assertive, resilient, and patient
- Efficient and well organized
- High strategic and analytical skills, presenting solutions to challenges.
- Able to work irregular hours to accommodate global time differences.
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in writing
- Excellent interpersonal skills that build trust and instill confidence to motivate and influence others.
- Ability to initiate and direct collaborative efforts of multiple teams throughout Hilton, including internal resources, external resources, and other constituent groups as appropriate with the aim of furthering Hilton’s goals.
- Strict compliance with applicable laws, company policies, and the highest standards of professional responsibility, ethics, and integrity
- Absolute discretion and confidentiality regarding sensitive information
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate; ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems.
- Ability to work well under pressure and effectively handle multiple, concurrent demands and appropriately prioritize responsibilities.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage details through to completion and ensure project deadlines are met.
- Understanding of the business and legal aspects of a variety of hotel transactions, including management and franchise agreements
- Experience in managing and conducting litigation.
- Prior exposure to hospitality or hotel operations legal work is advantageous.
- Demonstrate and exemplify hospitable service skills appropriate to the hospitality industry.
Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!
Work Locations
Hilton - Area Office - Singapore
Schedule
Full-time
Brand
Hilton Corporate
Shift
Day Job
Job Level
Manager
Job
Legal