Senior Legal Counsel

**Date**:Nov 18, 2024

**Location**: H? Chí Minh City, VN

**Company**:AkzoNobel

**About AkzoNobel**

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

**Responsibilities**:
**Scopes of Work**:

- Efficiently and effectively provide legal supports to different BUs and Functions in ASEAN Countries.
- Work closely with other related functions, e.g. Tax, Finance, Treasury, Environmental/HSE and Employment.
- Develop strong hands-on experience and working relationships with business partners at all levels of the AkzoNobel Group.
- Litigation/Claims/Government Investigation: Initiate, defend and settle claims, demands and litigation throughout ASEAN; monitor compliance with the claims policy and procedures and progress of court, employment tribunal, arbitration proceedings, and other regulatory investigation in order to limit AkzoNobel’s exposure to legitimate and enforceable claims.
- Employment Issues: Advice management on laws affecting hiring, dismissal, redundancy, disciplinary actions, compensation, benefits and training of AkzoNobel staff; work with HR to draft and/or review human resources policies and manuals.
- Contract Review and Negotiation: Monitor and improve process for contract development and maintenance; balance and minimize risks, gain greater commercial benefits and ensure company is protected legally.
- Basic IP knowledges.
- Compliance awareness
- Training: Conduct training of employees in ASEAN from legal perspective.
- Others related to legal matters in AkzoNobel Group.

**Requirements**:

- A qualified lawyer from a recognized university
- At least 7 years of post-qualification experience in the at a reputable law firm or in-house company
- Fluent in English (any additional language is not mandatory, but is a plus)
- Prior exposure/experiences to commercial and corporate legal matters, particularly transactional, contract drafting and advisory experience, is preferred
- Able to act autonomously when appropriate and know when to escalate matters
- Able to handle legal matters for more than 1 country
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Learning skills (such as learning local laws and regulation)

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.