Manager, Legal Counsel

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Reporting to the Legal Counsel based in Singapore, the team has a regional scope covering the expanding business needs of the Tapestry brands and supply chain operations in South East Asia, Oceania and India. In support of the legal needs of the various business units and teams of the relevant jurisdictions, the ideal candidate will be a versatile and generalist lawyer whose scope of duties will include the below.

The successful individual will leverage their legal proficiency to...

• Provide legal advice and/or support to all business units and corporate functions including the business development, retail teams and HR departments of the various jurisdictions, with specific focus on Malaysia

• Draft, review, negotiate and administer a host of agreements, including store leases and licenses, HR/employment documents, marketing, operational contracts

• Monitor and keep abreast with legal and regulatory developments in the relevant jurisdictions and ensure compliance with applicable laws, including without limitation, privacy laws and regulations

• Manage all queries and correspondences between Tapestry and governmental authorities

• Assisting the Intellectual Property team on intellectual property and brand protection matters, including the enforcement of Tapestry’s intellectual property rights on an ad hoc basis

• Collaborate with Tapestry HQ in the implementation and roll-out of global plans, programs and policies for South East Asia and Oceania

• Take the lead in instructing and supervising company secretaries of the various Tapestry group entities

• Engagement and management of external counsel on a case by case basis

• Management of litigation, disputes and complaints

• Maintain the contract database for the region

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Law degree from a commonwealth country and called to a commonwealth Bar

• Minimum 3 years post qualification experience in corporate / commercial law, preferably gained in both an international law firm and in the legal department of a multinational company. Experience with corporate transactional work and regional work within the retail/FMCG industry is preferred.

• Familiarity with privacy laws and regulations and confidence in advising on privacy matters and the collection, process and use of consumer data

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and drafting skills with an eye for detail

• Fluent in spoken and written English and Behasa Melayu with good communication and interpersonal skills, adept at interacting with both internal and external stakeholders

• Good business acumen and commercially savvy, demonstrating sound risk assessment capabilities and ability to articulate proposals clearly, balancing the requirement for technical expertise and the bigger commercial picture

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, ability to prioritise under pressure

• Strong organizational adaptation and change management skills

• Team player with the ability to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues from different backgrounds, functions and cultures

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
  and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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