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Job Description
About Us
Love, Bonito is a digital-first company on a mission to empower the everyday Asian woman and inspire self-confidence. We are Southeast Asia's leading womenswear brand, headquartered in Singapore, with an omnichannel presence across Hong Kong SAR China, Indonesia, Malaysia and a retail franchise in Cambodia. In addition, we have also expanded into international markets namely the Philippines and the United States of America.
Founded in 2010, we are proudly female-founded with more than 65% female representation in leadership roles (#girlpower!). We raised a US$50M Series C round in 2021 and know that we're on the cusp of something great, where we're working towards becoming the most thoughtful brand globally, for the Asian female consumer, especially when it comes to our products, community and experiences.
There's a lot more work to be done with all of our exciting plans. So we're looking to team up with people who are wildly passionate about making an impact and be part of a dynamic team, in a workplace with no corporate BS (yes, you read that right!)
The team
The Love, Bonito team is a passionate, dynamic, innovative and fun-loving family. From fashion-lovers to savvy marketers to tech wizzes, we have a diverse team of talented individuals with one unified focus - our customer. She is at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in always taking an innovative, data-centric yet considerate approach in creating the right experiences, products and content for her. With big dreams and a grand mission, we're looking for great like-minded people to join us - people who are as passionate, fearless and entrepreneurial.
The role
As Junior Legal Counsel, you will play a pivotal and strategic role in shaping our legal strategy and integrity at Love, Bonito. The role will report to the Head of Legal.
Main Responsibilities
Love, Bonito is a digital-first company on a mission to empower the everyday Asian woman and inspire self-confidence. We are Southeast Asia's leading womenswear brand, headquartered in Singapore, with an omnichannel presence across Hong Kong SAR China, Indonesia, Malaysia and a retail franchise in Cambodia. In addition, we have also expanded into international markets namely the Philippines and the United States of America.
Founded in 2010, we are proudly female-founded with more than 65% female representation in leadership roles (#girlpower!). We raised a US$50M Series C round in 2021 and know that we're on the cusp of something great, where we're working towards becoming the most thoughtful brand globally, for the Asian female consumer, especially when it comes to our products, community and experiences.
There's a lot more work to be done with all of our exciting plans. So we're looking to team up with people who are wildly passionate about making an impact and be part of a dynamic team, in a workplace with no corporate BS (yes, you read that right!)
The team
The Love, Bonito team is a passionate, dynamic, innovative and fun-loving family. From fashion-lovers to savvy marketers to tech wizzes, we have a diverse team of talented individuals with one unified focus - our customer. She is at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in always taking an innovative, data-centric yet considerate approach in creating the right experiences, products and content for her. With big dreams and a grand mission, we're looking for great like-minded people to join us - people who are as passionate, fearless and entrepreneurial.
The role
As Junior Legal Counsel, you will play a pivotal and strategic role in shaping our legal strategy and integrity at Love, Bonito. The role will report to the Head of Legal.
Main Responsibilities
- Contract review and drafting: Assist in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, agreements, and legal documents
- Administrative support: Perform administrative tasks, such as assisting with contracts process and signing, maintaining legal databases, tracking deadlines, and managing legal documents and files
- Legal research: Provide legal research support on various issues including regulatory compliance, contract interpretation and case law
- Compliance: Assist with ensuring that the organization complies with relevant laws and regulations by tracking changes in the legal landscape and helping to develop compliance programs and policies
- Corporate Governance: Assist in managing corporate governance matters, such as preparing board meeting materials, maintaining corporate records, and ensuring compliance with corporate bylaws
- Data Privacy and Security: Support efforts to maintain data privacy compliance, including implementing the data privacy plan, drafting and reviewing privacy related policies and SOPs
- Policy Development: Contribute to the development and implementation of internal policies and procedures to ensure legal and ethical business practices
- Assisting in all key legal-centric projects
- Training and Education: Provide legal training and education to employees on compliance issues, ethics, and legal best practices
- A genuine interest in our brand and mission
- Extreme ownership with a mission-first approach
- Ability to think strategically, opportunistically and also long-term
- Ability to zoom in (detail-oriented) and out (big picture, long-term)
- Ability to learn fast
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Exceptional communication and persuasion skills with both internal and external stakeholders
- Exceptional influencing abilities to create strong ‘voluntary' buy-in by building strong relationships with stakeholders across all functions and levels
- A self-starter with a high degree of independence
- Lives and breathes our brand values: People Matter; Go Above & Beyond; Be Bold, Be Creative; Always Keep It Real; We're Better Together!
- 1-2 years working experience in a legal capacity in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Prior experience as a legal counsel in a business environment will be preferred
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
- Superb communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Strong ability and experience in gaining influence and building consensus across all levels
- Bachelor of Law or J.D. degree
- Flexible Work Arrangement
- Work from anywhere*!
- Hybrid work and adjustable hours - as long as present during our core working hours
- Staff Wellness
- Comprehensive corporate insurance (Fully covered visits at our panel clinics, Dental coverage, Maternity reimbursement, Mental wellness support)
- Tailored coaching services for mental wellness
- Learning and Career Development
- Learning and development (i.e. subscription plans to best-in-class resources, personal development fund etc)
- Dedicated leadership training for those of managerial responsibilities
- Friday pm off for learning
- #TeamLB perks
- Generous staff discount off LB products
- Corporate partnerships with a variety of companies
- Welcome to #TeamLB swag and store gift cards (get your LB work outfit on us!)
- Employee driven peer-to-peer recognition platform to honour and celebrate everyday achievements
- Internal Referral programme