Châu Ngọc Thạch

Job Description

Report to Legal and Government Affairs Manager

Responsibilities

Proactively study, tracking and monitor the existing and new laws/ regulations and developing regulations, conduct analysis and provide insightful recommendations to assure the company's compliance with applicable laws/regulations.

Understand about the company business to conduct legal reviews and provide the legal advice to support all functions in the company and the business initiatives.

Reviewing and participating in the negotiation of purchase and sales contracts, distribution, commercial and agency contracts etc;

Review marketing program to ensure the limit of any legal and practical risk;

Review and do the regular assessment on the legal impact or legal compliance of all ongoing program and business activities and/or any new program, projects launch by the Company.

Prepare and review the official internal decisions and legal responses issued by the Company.

Manage the various company licenses, including the application, revision, renewal, and annual audit, etc.

Preparation of dossiers for updating the internal certificates of the Company including Investment Registration Certificate, Enterprise Registration Certificate, Certificate of Eligibility for automobile production and assembly and Certificate of Import and export;

Guiding the Dealers on the required business licenses for any program launch;

Preparation English-to-Vietnamese translation and vice versa as per business’s request.

Coordinate with HR Department to manage business ethics & conflict interest, integrity, ensure the compliance of the Company with the labour law and regulations.

Provide legal support for disputes arising from contract implementation, customer, dealer, supplier’s complaint. Manage lawsuits and arbitrations arising during business operations, including product liability, labor dispute and various legal issues.

Follow up on legal issues and proactively study the regulations and make recommendations for improvement.

Supporting the intellectual property protection, manage on the renewal and newly signed agreement, documents POA related to intellectual property.

Managing external legal counsel and outside resources related to legal area when necessary.

Manage all internal admin and reporting procedures trained by Head of Department or to be trained on day to day basic.

Support the Government Affair team and the regional team on reviewing the policies and regulation, report to the management and cascaded to the functional team on the new policies and regulation;

Work with the Government directly on the legal audit and support other teams when the government audit occurred.

Maintain good relationships with central and local authorities and agencies that are relevant to company business’s interests and within the remit of the legal and government affairs.

Co-ordinate and set up meetings with external organizations.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's Degree, major in Law, master’s degree is a preference.

At least 10 years legal related experience working/practicing in an international law firm or top tier local law firm or in a legal position in a foreign invested company

QUALIFICATIONS:

Good at English (Writing, Speaking & Listening) and MS Office (Word/Excel, Power Point);

Having at least 3 year experience working in the International/ well known Law Firm

Having experience working in International Companies or Automotive business is a plus

Good business acumen, decisive, positive attitude, hardworking and systematic thinking;

Good communication skills;

Independent mind with good ability of risk analyzing in reviewing business transactions;

Strong sense of responsibility, self-confident, integrity;

Good communication skills and highly self-motivated personality;

Having adaptability skill and able to work under pressure, environment changing and uncertainty and set his/her own high standard, able to prioritize his/her works to meet the stretch deadline;

Able to manage multi-tasks according to business/team structures and needs.

Others preferred:

Good understanding about Government policies and strategy on automotive industry.

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

About The Team

We work together with outside counsel to operate as a global team delivering world-class legal, tax and audit services to client groups throughout the company.