Senior Legal Counsel

At ABC, We Brew The Joy Of True Togetherness To Inspire a Better World. A Big Part Of That Means Brewing Better People With The Heart Of Our Company In Our Four Values

• Passion for consumers and customers
• Care for people and planet
• Enjoyment of life
• Courage to dream and pioneer

Job Purpose
Senior Legal Counsel role is key role in ABC with responsibility for providing legal advice to various departments. You will be responsible for in-house legal matters including drafting agreements, addressing compliance issues, and participating in negotiation discussions. In order to succeed, this candidate should feel comfortable working with in-house and outside counsels on a variety of legal matters.

Duties

• General Corporate Law Duties
• Providing legal support to the various departments of the organization specially to the following pillars: IP, Licenses and Corporate Governance.
• Assisting in the review and/or drafting of strategic agreements (including but not limited to machinery agreements, License agreements, Sale and Purchase of assets etc)
• Conducting research on relevant laws, regulations, and legal articles and presenting the same to the organization.
• Liaising with external counsel where required, specially on IP, Licenses and Corporate Governance
• Supporting in the COBC implementation, specially the legal aspects such as Privacy law.
• Maintain the (license to operate) record and ensure renewal of licenses and follow up on related stakeholders. Ensure implementation of the upgrade of license plan cascaded by the Deputy Legal Manager and the Legal Manager.
• Assisting in the preparation of, and conducting, internal trainings and presentations
• Support litigation management by liasing with outside counsel and following up on high risk cases such as commercial fraud and strategic IP lawsuits.
• IP
• Research, anticipate and protect Company against legal risks related to IP registration
• Create database for IP reports, and effectively presents information to senior management.
• Communicate with Marketing team to get approval on the renewal of TMs
• Manage registration of all ABC TMs and IPs and update Properties Survey
• Send applications and renewals of Trademarks, industrial designs to Heineken Global IP monthly
• Revise all labels , artwork , Outer case for all ABC plants to get final approval
• Follow up all Trademarks, industrial designs Cases with the outside agent
• Ensure that watch services are in place and properly cascaded.
• Corporate Governance
• Lead the Legal Restructuring project from legal perspective by creating a timeplan for each phase. Support in the selection of the outside counsel and monitor its performance.
• Ensure that all relevant internal and external stakeholders are aligned and updated
• Drive guiding other departments to implement post-actions with the support of the Deputy Legal Manager
• Ensure that the group of companies are following correct corporate governance rules and have up to date files

Functional Competencies
Agile Mindset

• Is curious and wants to learn; is a role model to the team for curiosity and learning.
• Is not afraid to propose and try new things; is prepared to fail, learn and share; actively promotes a culture of sharing learnings.
• Is able to change and adapt quickly; embraces change; shows leadership and courage.
• Actively seeks opportunities to improve processes and procedures; actively encourages and incentivises others to improve processes and procedures; effectively implements changes.

Digitally .Adept

• Is part of management-level discussions on the digital strategy of HEINEKEN and gives expert legal advice; makes decisions and manages legal risks.
• Identifies legal issues in digital projects and monitors external developments and trends in digital, including tools used in the legal industry.
• Completes appropriate digital legal skills training; assesses training needs of others and ensures that it is prioritised.
• Makes strategic decisions as part of annual planning process (e.g. SoaP) on the use and procurement of technology to improve legal services; actively seeks ways to further use of technology; gathers, interprets and analyses data to make insight-driven recommendations and decisions; uses data to make strategic legal decisions.

Legal Expertise

• Consistently demonstrates practical and strategic legal expertise; gives timely advice; works with pace and urgency.
• Takes pride in the quality of own work and that of the team's.
• Actively shares knowledge and trains others; takes responsibility for creating a continuous learning environment.
• Actively develops oneself and own skills; encourages team members' professional development by formal and on-the-job training based on individual needs.

Professional Judgement

• Has expert knowledge of our business and the brewing industry.
• Provides expert and strategic professional judgement and timely guidance to benefit the business.
• Acts with integrity; acts as a role model of integrity.
• Follows trends and takes all relevant factors into account in decisions.
• Takes calculated risks and coaches others on decision shaping and making.
• Seeks views of others but makes own independent judgements.
• Applies business acumen strategically; weighs commercial interests and business risks.
• Applies knowledge to benefit the business and to support execution of the company's strategy.

Problem Solving

• Is practical, creative, thinks outside the box, and is strategic.
• Manages crises, problems, challenges and issues effectively and on time; uses experience to coach others on problem solving skills.
• Asks oneself "how can I make this work?", proposes and implements solutions; uses own experience and knowledge to coach others; proposes and implements solutions.
• Reaches out for help when needed; prioritises requests for help from others.

Stakeholder Management

• Communicates complex legal and business issues in a concise, clear and fact-based manner.
• Earns trust by building solid and sustainable relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Takes responsibility and accountability for own work and that of others.
• Role models professionalism, transparency and integrity in dealings with stakeholders.
• Act as senior business leader to influence strategic decisions.

Qualifications
Education, Certifications and Licenses:

• Law Bachelor Degree
• Masters degree is a plus

Knowledge And Experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience in a law firm or legal function in FMCGs
• Experience in Corporate Law, contracts and competition law

Personal Skills

• Critical and Challenging
• Analytical Skills
• Confident in communicating at all levels of seniority
• High Persuasion and Negotiation skills
• Pro-active & Teamwork oriented