Career
Legal Manager
Legal, Ho Chi Minh City
We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Legal Manager to lead our legal and compliance functions. This role demands a proactive professional capable of developing robust compliance frameworks, providing expert commercial legal advice, and effectively managing legal risks across all business operations.
What You Will Do
- Compliance:
- Develop, implement, and oversee the company's compliance framework to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.
- Monitor and interpret changes in relevant regulatory and legal requirements; advise management on potential risks and recommended actions.
- Commercial Legal:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including but not limited to vendor agreements, service contracts, NDAs, partnership agreements, licensing, and distribution arrangements.
- Provide legal advice and strategic input to business teams on commercial transactions, deal structures, and operational initiatives.
- Support procurement and sales functions by mitigating legal risks in contract negotiations.
- Manage disputes related to commercial relationships, including pre-litigation strategy and settlement negotiations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, HR, IT, Operations) to ensure alignment between legal considerations and business objectives.
- General Legal Support:
- Serve as a key advisor to senior leadership on legal matters impacting the company’s operations.
- Coordinate with external counsel when necessary, ensuring cost-effective and quality legal service delivery.
- Support corporate governance and assist with board and shareholder matters.
- Team Leadership and Development
- Supervise junior legal or compliance team members; mentor and support their professional development.
- Promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and proactive legal risk management across the organization.
Who You Are
- Graduated from the University of Law
- Having skills in in-depth research through the internet and other sources, have good communication, and presentation skills.
- Being proactive at work, staying updated on the law, and being able to point out the problem with proper solutions.
- Licensed to practice law in Vietnam (lawyer card issued by the Vietnam Bar Federation)
- Experience: Minimum 5 years in house role
- Strong understanding of Vietnamese corporate, commercial, and regulatory law.
- Familiarity with licensing, foreign investment procedures, and local government processes.
- High sense of responsibility and have ability to work under high pressure.
- Having a strong legal mindset, willing to keep the standpoint in a good way
- Having analysis skills with strong legal knowledge.
- Fluent in Vietnamese and English (both written and spoken).
- Having experience working in a law firm is preferable
- Open-minded attitude
- Excellent legal drafting and contract negotiation skills (in both Vietnamese and English).
Why You'll Love It
- Competitive Salary
- Performance Review (2 times per year)
- Performance Bonus (1 time per year from 0.5-month to 3-month salary amount)
- Annual Leave: 15 days and other leave types
- Quarterly, Annual MVP Awards
- Private Health Insurance
- MacBook to be provided
- Good chance to explore new trends in the digital market
- Opportunity to learn and work with the most advanced advertising technology platforms
- Work in a professional, active, international and dynamic environment