About this role
Responsibilities
- Responsible to provide legal advice and support to the Tires sector in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea.
- Responsible to identify and analyze legal risks.
- Consistently monitors changes in legislation applicable to supported legal entities and timely inform affected stakeholders explaining how the changes may affect the business.
- Support the development and implementation of solutions for risk avoidance or limitation.
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (customers, suppliers, public authorities etc.).
- Taking part and advising in various projects in multiple legal areas with multiple stakeholders.
- Responsible to draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents.
- Use available contract management/approval tools.
- Conduct workshops and training for assigned stakeholders.
- Responsible to assist and support stakeholders in claim management, both in and out of court.
- Cooperates with other central functions and departments within Continental.
- Coordinates with external law firms.
- Regularly records and tracks all legal matters in applicable IT system(s) and provide an overview when required.
- Responsible to uphold the confidentiality of information received and respects internal regulations/processes.
Requirements
- Degree in Law (LLB)
- Qualified to practice in Malaysia
- At least 3 years post qualification experience working as an in-house counsel or with a law firm