Latam Legal Counsel
hace 2 meses
About the Role:
Corporate and Compliance Counsel, LATAM handles all regional legal transactions, partnerships, and projects. The principal goal is to guarantee all transactions within the Latin American Market (consisting of Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Peru) comply with local laws and regulations, while actively helping the assigned region avoid possible legal risks and violations. Other duties might include consulting and leading external legal partners to processes compliance issues, contracts, transactions, partnerships, and lawsuits.
As an integral part of the Global Compliance Program, the Corporate and Compliance Counsel LATAM is responsible for building and continuously improving the overall compliance function in the region to align with global leading practices such as US Department of Justice published guidance for corporate compliance programs. This includes supporting management in their efforts to ensure compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) in each market of the region and for the broad range of regional compliance activities necessary to address other laws and regulations applicable to the company’s business operations in the region that are not already addressed by other specialized compliance teams such as Information Security and Data Privacy, Product Regulatory, and Global Affiliate Compliance.
Areas of focus for compliance activities will be determined by compliance business planning activities which are informed by both ERM risk assessment activities in coordination with Global Compliance Program leadership and the VP Deputy General Counsel.
This position also manages the following aspects of the company’s Global Compliance Program in the Latin American Market: compliance business planning activities; transaction clearance and regional contract review of relevant contracts; partnering with management to continuously improve the design and execution of policies, processes and controls; monitoring and auditing activities; development and performance of compliance training and communications; coordination with global legal and compliance teams and various assurance functions as needed (audit, risk, etc.); supporting the whistleblower program; and supporting investigations on an ad hoc or as needed basis.
What you'll do:
Legal
- Offer legal guidance and advice to regional Leaders and clarify legal language. Coordinate the use of outside counsel as necessary.
- Protect the company against legal risks and violations by ensuring each market meets legal compliance standards.
- Stay abreast of developments in direct selling and product categories to participate in strategic development and top line growth.
- Partner with regional compliance teams to assist in the implementation and administration of the company’s various compliance programs.
- Guide management on regulatory and compliance issues to ensure compliance with legal regulations in each market.
- Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents and contractual arrangements for company in assigned markets.
- Partner with corporate IP Counsel to ensure proper trademarks, patents and copyrights are maintained throughout region.
- Calculate potential business risks and negotiate settlement terms.
Compliance
- Oversee, perform, and assist with transaction clearance for onboarding new suppliers, recipients of charitable donations, and other third parties, due diligence reviews and analysis, and other third-party management activities.
- Partner with management for targeted improvement of policies, procedures, and controls to continuously strengthen the operational internal controls framework.
- Oversee, perform, and assist with ongoing monitoring and auditing activities; also coordinating with Internal Audit or other functions regarding monitoring and auditing activities.
- Oversee, assist, develop and deliver regional compliance training and communication programs designed to maintain the competency and accountability of management for their compliance responsibilities.
- Periodic and ad-hoc reporting and communication to help ensure transparency and accountability.
- Collaborate with Global Compliance Program leadership on investigations.
- Perform compliance business planning activities
What you'll need:
- Master’s Degree/ Maestria Facultad de Derecho
- 8-10 years relevant experience
- Fluency in Spanish and English.
- Exceptional collaboration and organizational skills. Well-versed in legal terminology and operations.
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.
- Exceptional legal judgement, critical thinking and multitasking abilities. Outstanding managerial and negotiation skills including planning, communication, decision-making, delegation, problem-solving, and motivating.
- Related 1-3 years of leadership experience a plus.
- Strong understanding of corporate and Latin America law, and legal defense strategies.
- Knowledge of current legislation practices.
- Crisis managem
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