Corporate Lawyer (Pasig)

Start date: ASAP

Work setup: Onsite (Pasig)

Shift: 7am-4pm, Mon-Fri

Requirements:

• Registered lawyer
• Graduate of Juris Doctor and a member of Philippine Bar with good standing.
• With at least 10 years of experience in law firm as a lawyer and handled litigation cases.
• At least 5 years of experience in senior level management position.
• Must possess strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Must possess strong communication skills in English (oral and written)

Responsibilities:

• A. Legal Review and Recommendation
  1. Conduct comprehensive review on highly-critical legal documents, ensuring the
  statements, terms, obligations, and other stipulations thereto are not detrimental to
  companys interest.
  2. Provide legal recommendation on the highly-critical matters being referred to the Legal
  Department, considering the legal risk and potential outcome of proposed actions.
  3. Identify potential risks, threats, and issues arising from the existing documents and other
  issuances, and provide remedies/recommended solutions.
• B. Legal Consultation
  1. Render advice and provide recommendation to department heads and business unit
  heads on legal matters concerning corporate affairs, labor relations, conflict resolution,
  and other things which has legal implication.
• C. Representation
  1. Represent the company in correspondences with external party in view of high-stake
  negotiation and external conflict resolution.
  2. Participate in the negotiation of contract as lead negotiator or observant, in negotiation
  of high-stake special contracts that bears legal risk.
  3. Represent the company in negotiation of agreements, conflict resolution with external
  party, mediation proceedings court, and arbitration, and coordinate with engaged
  lawyers for specific cases