Legal Executive

Operations for Highlands Coffee:

• Assist all legal matters in operation for Highlands Coffee
• Support in providing legal advice and legal support for other departments (i.e., Expansion, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, HR, etc.) regarding compliance with the company’s commercial and business, and in accordance with applicable regulations
• Draft, review and negotiate (if so required, as the case maybe) various contracts, including lease contracts, supplier’s contracts, service contracts, construction contracts (Fidic and non-fidic), etc.
• Support in legal research for particular issues as requested by relevant departments.
• Research and update new regulations to the line manager and relevant departments.
• Carry out and support licensing procedures at relevant competent authorities.

Corporate governance:

• Maintain and ensure corporate governance of Highlands Coffee to comply with all governance standards; to ensure the SOP, policy, internal transactions of the Company to comply with its charter and applicable laws.

Franchise, IP and trademark of Highlands Coffee:

• Monitor the effectiveness of Highlands Coffee's trademarks;
• Advise, assist and handle infringements relating to Highlands Coffee's trademarks, franchise/license, IP, data protection, ect.

Corporate initiatives:

• Assist in reviewing, preparing data and carrying necessary procedures for fundraising transactions, including: legal due diligence, KYC, registration of foreign loans at SBV, NRAST registration, CPs documents, managing and controlling executed transaction documents.

Education:

• Graduated with honors or a good degree.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience working for law firms.
• Experience in working with or representing multinational corporations (MNCs) or foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of civil law, enterprise law, and commercial law

Work related skills:

• Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure own behaviour and the behaviour of others are consistent with these standards and align with the values of the organization.
• Accuracy and Confidentiality: This position functions in an area in which two things are of pertinent importance, accuracy and confidentiality.
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Focus on Client Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameters.
• Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
• Organization: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
• Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
• Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem

Soft skills:

• Critical thinking
• Good negotiation skills
• Coordination and time management
• Active listening
• Judgment and decision making
• Persuasion
• Oral and written expression
• Information Ordering
• Fluent in English