Legal Counsel (Country)

DKSH (Indonesia) (Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia)

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

About DKSH DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives by providing access to goods, services, and insights. United by our vision to be the trusted partner, we help companies grow in Asia and beyond across our Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology. Delivering life-saving drugs to hospitals, bringing high-quality products to remote villages, installing technology that raises living standards, and providing new formulations for healthcare products that make life easier. These are just a few examples of how DKSH touches people’s lives around the clock. We do this while helping our clients and customers grow by providing services including marketing and sales, distribution and logistics. Headquartered in Switzerland, DKSH is publicly listed and operates in 37 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. We have over 32,000 specialists and generated net sales of CHF 11.3 billion in 2022. Why It’s Great to Work at DKSH Join a purpose-driven company and help enrich people’s lives every day. We provide reliable access to high-quality products and services, like COVID-19 vaccines, and create sustainable value for all our stakeholders, generate jobs, and give back to society. Founded nearly 160 years ago in Asia by three Swiss traders, DKSH still maintains the same entrepreneurial mindset. Be part of our diverse team of more than 33,000 people working in 37 markets across the globe. You will learn and develop both professionally and personally in a modern environment offering hybrid work arrangements. Be part of something big: DKSH Careers: https://bit.ly/dksh-careers LinkedIn Jobs Page: https://bit.ly/dksh-jobs *We do not send job offers from free email services (Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, etc), request money from candidates, or require personal documents like bank account details, tax forms, or credit card information from candidates before they are hired: https://bit.ly/dksh-recruitment-disclaimer

About this position

Manage the resolution of all country in-house legal matters as part of the function's legal management role.

Responsibilities

• Manage departmental operating budgets and costs according to annual allocation to ensure efficient usage of resources, where applicable
• Manage country legal matters/documentations and resolution of legal matters related to governance/compliance/code of business ethics/corporate social responsibility, etc.
• Advise the country on corporate/commercial/capital market/intellectual property (IP)/competition/labor/M&A laws, etc., including governmental/administrative procedures to manage business legal implications
• Manage and implement due diligence processes and activities within the country to enforce a structured approach to legal management
• Manage litigations/arbitrations, interactions with external legal counsels and represent the country in legal proceedings to ensure DKSH's interests are well protected
• Investigate, prepare reports and highlight any legal risks, including recommendations to mitigate risks from a country perspective
• Manage and execute country legal/compliance projects to ensure areas needing change and improvement are acted upon
• Manage interactions with the government on licensing, state documentations, approvals, etc. as part of managing local government affairs
• Partner with internal stakeholders on all legal matters. Gain better understanding of financial, tax, compliance processes, etc. to enhance the quality of legal advice given
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with external legal advisors/legal community to keep up-to-date with laws, regulations and best practices

Requirements

• Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the business and industry
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of corporate law, contract and commercial law, including country-specific laws
• Demonstrate fluency in English (both written and spoken). Proficiency in any other language is an additional asset
• Demonstrate appreciation and respect for cultural sensitivities especially in cross-country/culture interactions
• Demonstrate ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information with integrity
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrate knowledge of adaptation of the law within the cultural/legal framework of countries
• Degree in Law from a reputable university
• Admission to Bar